Detail of the upper knight on the Valþjofstaður Door, c.1200



A large detail of the upper knight (1.3 MB)


Photo by Wolfgang Sauber


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Detail of the lower knight on the Valthjofsstadir Door

National Museum of Iceland, Reykjavik.

Note the cross on the shield.


A Scandinavian knight in Armies of Feudal Europe 1066-1300 by Ian Heath, based on the Valthjofsstadir door