Picture stone, Swedish History Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
Ardre VIII, or the Volund stone, with story of Volund the smith (or Weyland), fleeing from king Nidad in the form of a bird, detail from a limestone picture stone from a grave, c. 700-800 AD, from Ardre, Gotland, in the Swedish History Museum, a history and archaeology museum founded 1866, in Stockholm, Sweden. Ardre VIII is 1 of 8 rune and picture stones discovered during restoration of the floor in Ardre church in 1900. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14074238
Media ID
45690519
Size
8268px x 5415px
(19.3MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
