Om »Sorø Klosters Gavebog« – og om produktion af jern og salt i Halland

About »Sorø Klosters Gavebog« (the book of donations of the monastery of Sorø) – and about production of iron and salt in Halland By Jens Vellev The article discusses the famous reports of letters from around the year 1200 in the book of donations of the monastery of Sorø. The reports deal with the winning of iron and salt in the areas around Tvååker, which is located near Varberg in Halland. Older printed publications of the texts are discussed, and the antiquarian/archaeological research made so far is presented. A seperate paragraph treats a trial related to an iron pan produced in the area. The pan was brought to Læsø, where it was used in one of the many salt huts on the island. A final chapter deals with a number of experiments made with winning of iron. The experiments were made in order to get a better understanding of the extensive, but still puzzling process, which has been used for centuries to produce malleable iron from bog iron

Sct. Jørgenskapellet ved Spidlegård på Bornholm: Arkæologiske undersøgelser 1918, 1960, 1961 og 1962

Sct. Jørgenskapellet at Spidlegård on Bornholm. Archaeological studies 1918, 1960, 1961 and 1962 By Jens Vellev On the island of Bornholm, just northwest of Åkirkeby, the only institution where lepers could receive care and lodging was established in the thirteenth century. The place is referred to for the first time in written sources in 1334 by the Latin name domui leprosorum (the lepers’ house); later it was referred to as Sct. Jørgensgård, just like most of the other leper hospitals in the country. In 1918 Poul Nørlund (1888-1951) from the National Museum excavated the institution’s chapel, which lay in ruins, exposing the preserved brickwork. In 1960 and 1961 the churchyard outside the chapel was excavated and c. 170 burials examined. In 1962 the burials inside the chapel were exposed. This time Dr Vilhelm Møller- Christensen (1903-1988) carried out the study, ascertaining several cases of leprosy and a number of skeletons showing evidence of syphilis. The planned scientific examination of the excavated skeletal material was never accomplished. It has not been possible to obtain a large portion of the documentation from the last three campaigns in the relevant museums and archives. On the basis of the highly fragmentary archival material, the article aims to outline the main features of the centuries-long history of the place, concluding with a discussion of the find of two coins from the times of Valdemar Atterdag (1340-1375) in 1997. They may be regarded as the preliminary to renewed archaeological activity surrounding one of Bornholm’s most mysterious buildings

On the diet of Tycho Brahe and his wife: did they consume fish from stagnant pools?

Radiocarbon dating has been performed on cortical femoral tissue samples from Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) and his wife Kirsten Barbara Jørgensdatter (1549–1604). No discernible reservoir effect has been observed in either skeleton. This combined with unusually high δ15N values and seemingly terrestrial δ13C values, makes us suggest that a large fraction of their protein intake came from freshwater fish raised in stagnant pools.[Figure not available: see fulltext.

Was he murdered or was he not ? Part I, Analysis of mercury in the remains of Tycho Brahe

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Was he murdered or was he not ? Part I, Analysis of mercury in the remains of Tycho Brahe

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