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"The Spoils of Victory(the North in the shadow of the Roman Empire) " with 450 pages of full colour of findings from the bogs of the
North (Nydam, Vimose etc) is well worth getting- and very attractively priced- mine (with a bulk order for RMRS of 8 cost just under £9 including postage.
Lots of good stuff from pre-Roman to late Roman- pugio, knives with preserved handles, lots of gladii and spathae (one stunner
from 3rd century has an ivory and silver hilt...) , lances (including decorated shafts ) arrow shafts, face masks , bows etc etc from the early to the Late Roman period. a beautiful second/ third century gilded Roman griffin that when found was "on a bar with a blue and red flag which dissolved when touched "(!) (poss also a helmet crest), a first century lady found with her clothing (including two fur capes), the preserved boats etc etc. Also some colour pics of the Nijmegen finds.
Published by the Nationalmuseet Denmark- really nice people. I called them, ordered over the phone, and the books were on my doorstep the following week.
Thanks to Celer for flagging this one.
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I'm definately looking forward to collecting my copy at the weekend Paul!
That lovely Germanic-pattern gladius locket is screaming out to be reconstructed! :wink:
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Has been previously discussed in this section here:
http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic.php?t=15374
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Do you have any phone numbers or e-mail addies of the Nationalmuseet where to order this book?
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Just opened the package which Martin Moser kindly sent to me! I nearly fainted; spathas, helmets, pugios, etc. in clear colour photographs supported with interesting articles & other artwork about the roman empires nordic dimension. Just makes me wonder how many other high quality books like this are gathering dust in some museums warehouse...
WOW hock: !
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well well i want one too!!!
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9pounds? Heck, that's a steal. Especially if it's as informative as you lot are making it up to be. Any chance it's available in English (Sounds like it's mostly pictures, but captions help explain the pictures, too)?
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Quote:Any chance it's available in English (Sounds like it's mostly pictures, but captions help explain the pictures, too)?
It is ALL english! Yes, it is mostly pictures supplemented with extensive articles like "germanic warrior, weaponry" etc. Sounds good, huh?! :wink:
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Medusa,
Sorry to so long replying!
If you call the Museumsbutikken on +4533473808 they will happily sell you the book!
Cheers,
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Quote:... very attractively priced - mine (with a bulk order for RMRS of 8 cost just under £9 including postage.
Has anyone else had a similar experience?
They quoted me 30,40DKK (= £2.75 / $5.50) for the book and a staggering 224,00DKK (= £20.30 / $40.76) for "handling charges"!! hock:
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Yes, something like that. the price was very low, the postal charge enormous compared to that. But it's a big heavy book, and it's absolutely marvellous, and I would not have been able to buy it at Amazon, so I'm not complaining!!!!
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Total cost for my bulk order of 8 worked out at just under £9 a book......
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Quote:They quoted me 30,40DKK (= £2.75 / $5.50) for the book and a staggering 224,00DKK (= £20.30 / $40.76) for "handling charges"!! hock:
Yep, S&H was about 4x the price of the book....
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