Metal Decoration - 3D Model

3D model of a round “kinga” measuring 4.5 cm in diameter and 0.9 cm thick. Its parts are fastened together with wire. The object is decorated with engravings and cut outs and gilding in some places. It dates to just before the 14th century and is probably of Icelandic origin. Physical object held at...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cassidy, Catherine Anne, Gunnarsson, Skúli, Miller, Alan, Oliver, Iain
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2021
Subjects:
CINE
Skriðuklaustur Monastery
3-D Object
CULTURAL HERITAGE
History
Digital Heritage
Digital Humanities
National Museum of Scotland
Arctic
Gunnar
Cassidy
Skriðuklaustur
Skúli
Iceland
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4560325
https://zenodo.org/record/4560325
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Summary:3D model of a round “kinga” measuring 4.5 cm in diameter and 0.9 cm thick. Its parts are fastened together with wire. The object is decorated with engravings and cut outs and gilding in some places. It dates to just before the 14th century and is probably of Icelandic origin. Physical object held at the National Museum of Iceland item nr: 7229, found at Skriðuklaustur prior to the excavation. https://sarpur.is/Adfang.aspx?AdfangID=330107 Part of the Skriðuklaustur Monastery 1550 reconstruction. Digitisation by Open Virtual Worlds, a research team within the School of Computer Science, University of St Andrews, in cooperation with the Gunnar Gunnarsson Institute at Skriðuklaustur and the National Museum of Iceland. 3D digitisation was done by Catherine Cassidy and Iain Oliver with archaeological assistance provided by Skúli Gunnarsson. Funded by the EU Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme 2014-2020 through the “Connected Culture and Natural Heritage in a Northern Environment” (CINE) project.

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