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{| |- style="vertical-align:top;"| style="width:70%; text-align:left;" | <h1 style="margin:3px; font-family:inherit; font-size:200%; text-align:Left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Welcome to the The Viking Age Compendium</h1><div id="mf-Welcome" title="Welcome" style="padding:0. This is where you can find 0em 1.0em;">'''The Viking Age Compendium''' contains our current and previous ongoing research regarding into the material culture of Viking Age Britain. The Compendium details the kinds of material items that could have been found and clothing worn or used by people living in , or possibly visiting, Britain between 800AD AD 800 and 1100AD1100.<br><br>The Our articles found here are all largely works in progress and we have rated them on each is given a scale completion rating out of 5 with [[Completion Rating|1 star]] being a planned article for the future and [[Completion Rating|5 stars]] being an article completed to the best of our current knowledge. If you are aware of any missing information that we have missed , or any errors we have made, then please feel free to contact us at [mailto:info@vikingage.org info@vikingage.org]. <br><br>The Compendium is divided into two main areas. The first is a collection of Articles, some more finished than others. The Articles present information from finds, art and literature as well as a discussion.<br>The second area is our Catalogue of data. Here you will find lists of finds and items. We have attempted to include web links and bibliography information for every item to assist with your own research.<br> <br>

''Gavin and Louise Archer'' <br><br> ==Current Projects==Gavin is working on the '[[:Category:Found in Britain|Found in Britain]]' series of articles which basically consists of cataloguing swords, axes, burials and manuscripts either found or made in Britain during the Viking Age.<br><br>Louise is cataloguing woven textile remains with a view to trying to determine weave popularity and distribution.<br><br>We have both just finished some articles on men’s square necked tunics and on fishing and will be adding these to the Wiki soon.<br><br/div>

| rowspan="4" style= See Also "text-align:left;" |<h1 style="margin:3px; font-family:inherit; font-size:200%; text-align:Left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Research News</h1><div id="News" title="Research News" style="font-size:90%;">{{:Research News}}[[Copyright books and images on this site]]<br/div>[[Article layouts]]<brh1 style="margin:3px; font-family:inherit; font-size:200%; text-align:Left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">From the Web</h1>[[Evidence bias by area]]<brdiv id="Links" title="Links" style="font-size:90%;">{{:Links}}</div><h1 style="margin:3px; font-family:inherit; font-size:200%; text-align:Left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Documents</h1><div id="Docs" title="Documents" style="font-size:90%; padding:0.0em 0.8em;">[[Typologies, chronologies and cataloguesFile:2015 Authenticity Guide.JPG|100px|left|link=http://www.vikingage.org/wiki/images/8/8d/2015_Authenticity_Guide.pdf|Regia Anglorum Authenticity Guide]]<brbig>[[Completion Rating]http://www.vikingage.org/wiki/images/8/8d/2015_Authenticity_Guide.pdf Regia Anglorum Authenticity Guide]</big><br>A 108 page guide for recreating the clothing, jewellery and wargear of people in Britain between AD 793 to 1215.</div>

[[Category|- style="vertical-align:Menu Pages]]top;"|<h2 id="header" style="margin:3px; font-family:inherit; font-size:200%; text-align:Left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Compendium Sections</h2><div id="mf-Sections" title="Compendium Sections">{{Gallery|Title =|Height = 150px|Width = 185px|Colour = lightgray|Image1 = VA_Hoards found in Britain.jpg |Link1 = Found in Britain |Caption1 = Found in Britain|Image2 = VA_Wargear.jpg |Link2 = Wargear |Caption2 = Viking-Age Wargear|Image3 = VA_Clothing.jpg |Link3 = Clothing |Caption3 = Viking-Age Clothing|Image4 = VA_Jewellery.jpg |Link4 = Jewellery |Caption4 = Viking-Age Jewellery|Image5 = VA_Household.jpg |Link5 = Household |Caption5 = Viking-Age Household|Image6 = VA Art & Manuscripts.jpg |Link6 = Art & Manuscripts |Caption6 = Art & Manuscripts |Image7 = VA_from Literature.jpg |Link7 = Literature |Caption7 = Literature|Image8 = VA_Museums.jpg |Link8 = Museums |Caption8 = Museums|Image9 = VA_Sites.JPG |Link9 = Archaeological sites |Caption9 = Archaeological sites|Image10 = VA_Bibliography.JPG |Link10 = Bibliography |Caption10 = Bibliography}}</div><h2 id="header" style="margin:3px; font-family:inherit; font-size:200%; text-align:Left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Featured Articles</h2><div id="mf-Articles" title="Featured Articles">{{Gallery|Title =|Height = 135px|Width = 155px|Colour = |Image1 = VA_Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts.jpg |Link1 = Illuminated Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts 900-1066AD |Caption1 = Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts|Image2 = VA_Square Neck Tunics.jpg |Link2 = Square Neck Tunics |Caption2 = Square Neck Tunics|Image3 = VA_Banners.jpg |Link3 = Banners |Caption3 = Banners|Image5 = VA_Seax.JPG |Link5 = Seax |Caption5 = Seaxes|Image6 = VA_Round Shield Designs.jpg |Link6 = Round Shield Designs |Caption6 = Round Shield Designs|Image7 = VA IOM Picture Stones.jpg |Link7 = Picture stones from the Isle of Man |Caption7 = Isle of Man Picture stones |Image8 = VA_Strap Ends.jpg |Link8 = Strap Ends |Caption8 = Strap Ends|Image9 = VA_Gloves & Mittens.jpg |Link9 = Gloves & Mittens |Caption9 = Gloves & Mittens|Image10 = VA_Bayeux Tapestry.jpg |Link10 = Reproductions of the Bayeux Tapestry |Caption10 = Bayeux Tapestry Reproductions|Image11 = VA_Tents.jpg |Link11 = Tents and Work Shelters |Caption11 = Tents & Work Shelters|Image12 = VA_Fishing.jpg |Link12 = Fishing in Viking Age Britain |Caption12 = Fishing in Viking Age Britain}}</div><h2 id="header" style="margin:3px; font-family:inherit; font-size:200%; text-align:Left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Viking Age finds from Britain</h2><div id="mf-Found" title="Found in Britian">{{Gallery|Title =|Height = 120px|Width = 120px|Colour = LightSteelBlue |Image1 = VA_Burials in England.JPG|Link1 = Viking burials found in England|Caption1 = Burials found in England|Image2 = VA_Burials in Scotland.JPG|Link2 = Viking burials found in Scotland|Caption2 = Burials found in Scotland|Image3 = VA_Burials in the Isle of Man.JPG|Link3 = Viking burials found in the Isle of Man|Caption3 = Burials in the Isle of Man|Image4 = VA Swords found in Britian.jpg |Link4 = Swords found in Britain |Caption4 = Swords found in Britain|Image5 = VA_Spears found in Britain.jpg |Link5 = Spears found in Britain |Caption5 = Spears found in Britain|Image6 = VA_Axes found in Britain.jpg |Link6 = Axes found in Britain |Caption6 = Axes found in Britain}}</div>|}