Novetus<p>For <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/FindsFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FindsFriday</span></a>, we have some finds from the <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/cemetery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cemetery</span></a> of the <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Elisabethinenspital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elisabethinenspital</span></a> in <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Vienna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vienna</span></a>. These were found during our 2019 <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/excavations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>excavations</span></a> on behalf of the <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Franziskusspital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Franziskusspital</span></a>. They are so-called <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Breverl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Breverl</span></a>, paper pictures of <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/saints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>saints</span></a> that were worn on the body, for example, in a <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/pendant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pendant</span></a> made of metal and glass, to ward off <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/evil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evil</span></a>. The finds here date from the 18th century, but Breverl were widespread until the 20th century.</p><p><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Wien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wien</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Austria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Austria</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/archaeodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>archaeodons</span></a></span> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/HistoricalArchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalArchaeology</span></a></p>