Is an axe from Denmark a Danish axe?

[Erpingham]

An interesting article by Gustav Hejlsesen Solberg looking at an unusual axe from medieval Denmark.  The author uses "inter-object citation" to examine the possible origins of a stray find (more straightforward than it sounds).

Couple of nice wallpaintings of medieval Danish infantry I hadn't seen before too.

[Duncan Head]

Interesting, thanks. The  Sønder Nærå  axeman (illustration Nr. 11) reminds me of the hirdman in Heath's Feudal Europe.

[Erpingham]

Interesting, thanks. The  Sønder Nærå  axeman (illustration Nr. 11) reminds me of the hirdman in Heath's Feudal Europe.

Yes.  I'd always assumed this came from one of the St Olaf martyrdom pictures but his shorter surcoat and unarmoured legs fit better.  I think the original's helmet is quite like this one



This seems quite a typical 13th century Scandinavian type seen in art.  I don't know where Heath might have sources his reconstruction from.