May Drekkar
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April 2025 Drekkar
Storvik at Awesome Con
Two of the Nazgûl showed up at Storvik’s Awesome Con booth
to take advantage of a portrait opportunity.
Photo by Patricia of Trakai (Storvik chronicler).
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March 2025 Drekkar
A Flying Machine
Drawing of a flying machine, circa 1485 CE
Artist: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Source via Wikimedia Commons; public domain artwork
Rumor has it that a replica of this “ornithopter” will make an appearance
at Storvik Performers’ Revel on March 22!
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February 2025 Drekkar
A Box for Tiny Treasures
This round box brooch was made in Gotland, Sweden, between 700 and 900 CE. A Viking woman
would have worn it to secure her shawl and hold tiny precious objects.
Source via the Metropolitan Museum of Art under a Creative Commons Open License.
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January 2025 Drekkar
Happy New Year!
Title: Winter Breviary from the Diocese of Constance
Date: 1476–1478
Geography: Made in Diocese of Constance
Culture: South German or Swiss
Medium: Paper with pen and ink, opaque paint, glazes, and applied silver and gold
Source via the Metropolitan Museum of Art under a Creative Commons Open License.
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