Andrews, Murray;
(2024)
Faith and Fortune: Ritually Folded Coins in Medieval Norway.
Journal of Archaeological Numismatics
, 13/14
pp. 241-253.
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Abstract
The documented medieval practice of deliberately folding coins for devotional and intercessory purposes has received significant attention in recent years. While contemporary written sources describe the practice as a distinctively ‘English custom’, growing numbers of finds from elsewhere in Europe and North America suggest that the practice was observed far beyond these traditional chronological and geographical borders. This article presents new evidence for the pursuit of the ‘English custom’ in medieval Scandinavia, based on a corpus of 16 single finds of folded coins held in the Coin Cabinet of the Museum of Cultural History at the University of Oslo.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Faith and Fortune: Ritually Folded Coins in Medieval Norway |
| Location: | Belgium |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://cen-numismatique.com/jan/ |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10197652 |
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