asatru-ingwaz:The Bamberg casket (960-1020) The Mammen style (c.960-1020) overlaps both in time
asatru-ingwaz: The Bamberg casket (960-1020) The Mammen style (c.960-1020) overlaps both in time and appearance with the Jellinge but shows a more emphatic form on the same theme. Animals have fuller bodies instead of ribbons, spirals on the hips, and often a total covering of billets: the new feature is plant-like tendrils, derived ultimately from Carolingian acanthus -- source link