Difference between revisions of "Langseax"
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== With Inlay== | == With Inlay== | ||
− | + | ====England, London: River Thames, Battersea==== | |
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− | + | :Current Location- British Museum: 1857,6-23,1 | |
− | + | :Find Type- River find – 9th - 10th Century | |
− | :Current Location- British Museum 1857,6-23,1 | + | |
− | :Type- River find – 9th - 10th Century | + | |
:Find Date- 1857? | :Find Date- 1857? | ||
:Total Length- Complete. 81cm | :Total Length- Complete. 81cm | ||
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:Hilt- None | :Hilt- None | ||
:Scabbard- None | :Scabbard- None | ||
− | :Bibliography- | + | :Bibliography- |
+ | :*{{ListRef|Backhouse 1984|p.101-102}} | ||
+ | :*{{ListRef|Evison 1964|p.30-33}} | ||
+ | :*{{ListRef|Wilson 1964|p.144 no.36}} | ||
+ | :*[[http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/s/seax_of_beagnoth.aspx British Museum]] | ||
+ | |i1=langseax_beagnoth.jpg | ||
+ | }} | ||
− | + | ====England, Lancaster: Greencroft, Harbuck==== | |
− | + | {{Cat| | |
− | + | :Current Location- British Museum: 1912,0723.2 | |
− | :Current Location- British Museum 1912,0723.2 | + | :Find Type- Grave find – 9th to early C10th. From a hoard which included a sword of Petersen type L. Hence the date line |
− | :Type- Grave find – 9th to early C10th. From a hoard which included a sword of Petersen type L. Hence the date line | + | |
:Find Date- 1912? | :Find Date- 1912? | ||
:Total Length- Complete. 71.3cm | :Total Length- Complete. 71.3cm | ||
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:Hilt- traces of wood survive on the possibly intact tang. | :Hilt- traces of wood survive on the possibly intact tang. | ||
:Scabbard- None | :Scabbard- None | ||
− | :Bibliography- | + | :Bibliography- |
+ | :*{{ListRef|Evison 1964|p.33}} | ||
+ | :*{{ListRef|Wilson 1964|p.135-136 no.22}} | ||
+ | :*[[http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectId=87253&partId=1 British Museum]] | ||
+ | |i1=langseax_hurbeck.jpg | ||
+ | }} | ||
− | + | ==== England, London: Keen Edge Ferry ==== | |
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:Current Location- Reading Museum | :Current Location- Reading Museum | ||
− | :Type- River find | + | :Find Type- River find |
:Find Date- 1961 August. Dredged from the River Thames | :Find Date- 1961 August. Dredged from the River Thames | ||
:Total Length- 45.3cm x 3.9cm. The hilt end of the blade is missing. Evison suggests that the blade was probably another 6cm longer. | :Total Length- 45.3cm x 3.9cm. The hilt end of the blade is missing. Evison suggests that the blade was probably another 6cm longer. | ||
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:Hilt- Missing | :Hilt- Missing | ||
:Scabbard- None | :Scabbard- None | ||
− | :Bibliography- | + | :Bibliography- |
− | + | :*{{ListRef|Evison 1964}} | |
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== Without Inlay == | == Without Inlay == |
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Wheeler classifies these as his type III [WHEELER 1935]. They were made and used in Britain from the 8th to 10th centuries [THOMPSON 2004]:p.81. A number of langseaxs have been found in the Netherlands
Images of Langseaxes (C8th to C11th)
- 800-850AD Stuttgart, Württemburgische Landesbibliothek. Bibl. Fol.23, fol.5v
Introduction to the British finds
The following langseax information is primarily based on the work of Vera Evison [EVISON 1964] and her comparison of the Keen Edge Ferry langseax to others found in Britain. For the purposes of clarification langeaxes are defined here as having single edged blades with a cutting edge of over 12" and with no hilt fittings.
With Inlay
England, London: River Thames, Battersea
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England, Lancaster: Greencroft, Harbuck
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England, London: Keen Edge Ferry
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Without Inlay
England, London, River Thames near Battersea
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England, Suffolk at Little Bealings
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England, London at Walthamstow
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England?, Unknown
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Other Possible Langseaxs
We have found the following langseaxs refereed to online with people quoting 'The Metallography of Early Ferrous Edge Tools & Edged Weapons' by R.F. Tylecote & B.J.J.Gilmour. Unfortunately we do not have access to this book and so are unable to determine if they were originally decorated with inlay.
England, Gloustershire at Kempsford
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England, Berkshire at Reading
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England, London at Leyton
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Some more possible langseaxs
England, London, River Thames at Mortlake
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England, London, River Thames near London
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References