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Reconstruction of the celtic city of Heuneburg, Germany.

The Celtic settlement of Heuneburg, is the oldest city north of the Alps. 600 B.C.
Ritual Oath Cross of the 'Order of the Golden Fleece'

Used by the Order for the swearing of oaths and decorated with gold, rubies, sapphires, and pearls. Austria, circa 1400.

πŸ“Έ The Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
"Stride with a proud disdain through the swamp of human inadmissibility"

β€” Joachim Peiper
"Dido und Aeneas in der HΓΆhle" β€” 1646. Thomas Willeboirts
Piazza Vittorio Veneto, Turin
Doublet, helmet, shield, gaunlets and scabbard of Edward Woodstock, 'The Black Prince' and Duke of Cornwall. 14th century.

Last pic, reconstructed funerary achievements.
"Musenhain" β€” Melchior Lechter, 1893.
Shrine of the Stowe Missal. c. 1030 CE. (with 14th century additions)

The shrine contains a number of inscriptions, one of which says β€˜pray for the king of Ireland, Donnchad son of Brian (Boru) & Gormlaith’.