Mästersmedens bronsfigur

SKRIFTLIGA KÄLLOR TIGER nästan helt om skånska Uppåkra, den stadsliknande föregångaren till Lund. Fynden därifrån gör desto mer väsen av sig. Allra högst skriker denna förgyllda bronsfigur, tillverkad i slutet av 900-­talet och kanske avsedd att pryda nässkyddet till en hjälm. Motivet är sagans Völund, mästersmeden som en kung skar knäsenorna av och höll fången. […]

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