Fig. 1147.—Well preserved bracelet of silk, knitted with gold threads, found in Bjerringhoi mound at Mammen, near Viborg. Real size.
Fig. 1148.—Piece of woven woollen cloth, brownish colour.
Fig. 1149.—Remnant of brown woollen cloth of thin threads and very loose weaving.
“He (Thormód) had covered himself with a double-furred cloak which he owned. It was black on one side, and white on the other” (Fóstbrædra Saga, c. 32).
The different garments were:—
Skyrta, or serk, the name given to the shirt worn next the body, which was put on by means of a small opening[[206]] for the head called hofudsmátt.
