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Quivers

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''Usually worn on a shoulder strap and suspended at waist level.''
 {| style="background: PaleGoldenrod; width: 100%"|- | scope="col" width=Suspended from shoulder=="0" |[[File:Stars2.png|110px|frameless|left|link=Completion Ratings|Completion Ratings]]| scope="col" width="1000" style="text-align: left;"|[[Completion Ratings|This article's completion rating is 2 out of 5]]|- | colspan==Art="4" | Article structure and content is subject to change as data is still being collected |}<br>{{TOClimit|3}}''Usually worn on a shoulder strap and suspended at waist level.''<br><br>Quivers of the Viking Age seem to have been suspended from either a shoulder strap or from a belt worn around the waist. This article aims to clarify what evidence we have and how quivers were worn. <br>==Suspended from shoulder=='''Art'''<br>
* T64 BL Harley f.64r
* T84 Vatican Reg.12 f.24v
* T86 Hexatech T86:f41v
* Bayeux Tapestry, 1080AD. 3 Norman archers. (WILSON, The Bayeux Tapestry 1985, pl.60)
'''Archaeology'''<br>--<br>=====ArchaeologyDiscussion=====We have a number of Anglo--Saxon manuscript illustrations of quivers.<br><br>===Suspended from waist========'''Art====='''<br>
* Bayeux Tapestry, 1080AD. One mail wearing Norman archer. (WILSON, The Bayeux Tapestry 1985, pl.60)
====='''Archaeology====='''<br>
* Hedeby, Denmark. Fragment of leather from at least two quivers. (GROENMAN VAN WAATERINGE 1984, Taf 25, 26, 27)
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 ===Unknown method of suspension========'''Art====='''<br>
* MS23 Prudentius, Psychomachia, fol 22v C10th
* T84 Vatican Reg.12 f.27v
====='''Archaeology====='''<br>* Scar boat grave, Scotland. (OWEN and DALLAND 1999, p.112-115). It =====Discussion=====We have a number of Anglo-Saxon manuscript illustrations of quivers.