File:Olaus Magnus - On Marriages among the Laps that Becomes Confirmed by Fire.jpg

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Description A marriage is confirmed in presence of parents and relatives by stroking steel and flint stone together. This ritual is executed by the man to the left. The wedding meal is being prepared. Fires are burning and fishes are ready to be fried. A large jug and drinking vessels are seen.
Date Published in 1555
Source "Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus", book 4 - retrieved from Lars Henriksson's clipart collection, descriptions used with permission.
Author
Olaus Magnus (1490–1557)  wikidata:Q315804 s:en:Author:Olaus Magnus q:en:Olaus Magnus
 
Alternative names
Olaus Magni; Магнус Олаус; Магнус, Олаус; Олаус Магнус; Olof Månsson; Olaus Magnus Gothus; Olaus Magnus; Olao Goto; Olafas Magnusas; Magnus, Archbishop of Uppsala Olaus; Olof Mansson; Archbishop of Uppsala Magnus Gothus; Olao Magno; Archbishop of Uppsala Magnus Olaus; Olaf Mansson
Description Swedish cartographer, diplomat, historian, Latin Catholic priest, anthropologist and Catholic bishop
Swedish patriot and writer
Date of birth/death October 1490 Edit this at Wikidata 1 August 1557 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Linköping Cathedral Congregation Edit this at Wikidata Rome Edit this at Wikidata
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