Borre style

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Timeline for the Norse animal styles.
Timeline for the Norse animal styles.

The Borre style is a Scandinavian animal style which is named after a boat grave in Borre, Norway.[1] The Borre style succeeded the Oseberg style and was partly contemporaneous with the Jelling style.[1] The Borre style evolved at the latest c. 850 and was still used in the late 10th century.[1] Its most characteristic motif is the so-called "ring braid" which consists of a symmetrical braiding with two bands, held together by rings that are surrounded by square figures.[1]

The animal ornamentation of the Viking Age is usually categorized into Oseberg style, Borre style, Jelling style, Mammen style, Ringerike style and Urnes style.[2]

[edit] Gallery

A bronze object from Hedeby

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d The article borrestil in Nationalencyklopedin (1990).
  2. ^ The article djurornamentik in Nationalencyklopedin (1991).

[edit] Bibliography

Wilson, D.M. & Klindt-Jensen, O. (1980). Viking Art.

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