Author: Steenstrup, J. Japetus S.
Title: Yak-Lungta-Bracteaterne: Archæologernes "nordiske Gruppe af Guldbracteater" fra den ældre Jernalder
Description: Kjøbenhavn, B. Luno, 1893. boards. 26x20cm, 137(9) pp. Includes 2 folding plates + 4 plates separated at panel by binder and bound as 8. 6 engraved plates. Recent binder's blind boards. Some foxing. VG. ¶ Text entirely in Danish. Iconographical study of Scandinavian gold bracteate motifs suggesting Tibetan & Mongolian parallels. Full title reads: "Yak-Lungta-Bracteaterne: Archæologernes 'nordiske Gruppe af Guldbracteater' fra den ældre Jernalder: Betragtede som særegne Minder om en Kultur-Forbindelse imellem Høj- Asiens og det Skandinaviske Nordens Folkefærd i tidlige Aarhundreder af vor Tidsregning, nærmest i Folkevandringstiden". ["Yak-Lungta Bracteates, Archaeologist's ' Nordic Groupe of Gold Bracteates' from the Early Iron Age Considered as Characteristic Memorials of a Culture-Connection between Asian Highlands & the Scandinavian Peoples in the Early Centuries of the Christian Era, Specifically the Age of Migrations"].

Keywords: Iron Age Antiquities, Scandinavian Art, Ancient Ethnography, Nordic Bracteate, Archaeology, Archeology, Iconography, Gold Bracteates, Ethnohistory