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Healing Stone
3D model of a round smooth stone that may have had medical uses. During the Catholic period in Iceland there were books discussing the healing power of stones. Brices were used to prevent conception and to cause a miscarriage. Carnelian stones stopped bleeding and anger. Crystallus stones were mixed with honey to increase breast milk production in women. These stones have obviously been handled a …
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Creator
- cineg
Subject
- Cultural Heritage & History
- archaeological objects
- stone (worked rock)
- Archaeological artifact
- Stone
Type of item
- 3D
Creator
- cineg
Subject
- Cultural Heritage & History
- archaeological objects
- stone (worked rock)
- Archaeological artifact
- Stone
Type of item
- 3D
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 2019
- 2019
Temporal
- 16th century CE
- Late Medieval
Places
- Skriðuklaustur Monastery, Iceland
Provenance
- Photogrammetr
Identifier
- share3d:1006
- share3d:1006
Format
- glTF
Language
- English
- en
Is part of
- Share3D
- United Kingdom
Year
- 2019
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2023-02-06T15:05:59.551Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-12-09T11:24:27.667Z