Florin Curta is Professor of Medieval History and Archaeology at the University of Florida, USA. He is the author of Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1250 (2006) and The Edinburgh History of the Greeks, c. 500 to 1050: The Early Middle Ages (2011). Bartłomiej Szymon Szmoniewski is an archaeologist at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is co-author of four monographs and published several papers dedicated to the various topics of early medieval archaeology and history.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Forgery or Genuine?.- 3. Humans or Human-like Figures.- 4. Real and Fantastic Animals.- 5. Ornaments.- 6. Style and Chronology.- 7. Production.- 8. Function: Dies or Models?.- 9. Historical Context.- 10. Conclusion.- Catalogue.- Appendix A.- Appendix B.- References.

Florin Curta is Professor of Medieval History and Archaeology at the University of Florida, USA. He is the author of Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1250 (2006) and The Edinburgh History of the Greeks, c. 500 to 1050: The Early Middle Ages (2011). Bartłomiej Szymon Szmoniewski is an archaeologist at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is co-author of four monographs and published several papers dedicated to the various topics of early medieval archaeology and history.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Forgery or Genuine?.- 3. Humans or Human-like Figures.- 4. Real and Fantastic Animals.- 5. Ornaments.- 6. Style and Chronology.- 7. Production.- 8. Function: Dies or Models?.- 9. Historical Context.- 10. Conclusion.- Catalogue.- Appendix A.- Appendix B.- References.

Florin Curta is Professor of Medieval History and Archaeology at the University of Florida, USA. He is the author of Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1250 (2006) and The Edinburgh History of the Greeks, c. 500 to 1050: The Early Middle Ages (2011). Bartłomiej Szymon Szmoniewski is an archaeologist at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is co-author of four monographs and published several papers dedicated to the various topics of early medieval archaeology and history.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Forgery or Genuine?.- 3. Humans or Human-like Figures.- 4. Real and Fantastic Animals.- 5. Ornaments.- 6. Style and Chronology.- 7. Production.- 8. Function: Dies or Models?.- 9. Historical Context.- 10. Conclusion.- Catalogue.- Appendix A.- Appendix B.- References.