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Revision as of 07:00, 7 September 2015
Usually worn on a shoulder strap and suspended at waist level.
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.
Contents
Suspended from shoulder
Art
- T64 BL Harley f.64r
- T84 Vatican Reg.12 f.24v
- T86 Hexatech T86:f41v
- Bayeux Tapestry, 1080AD. 3 Norman archers. [WILSON 1985]:pl.60)
Archaeology
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Discussion
We have a number of Anglo-Saxon manuscript illustrations of quivers.
Suspended from waistSuspended from waist
Art
- Bayeux Tapestry, 1080AD. One mail wearing Norman archer. [WILSON 1985pl.60
Archaeology
- Hedeby, Denmark. Fragment of leather from at least two quivers. [GROENMAN VAN WAATERINGE 1984]:Taf 25, 26, 27
Unknown method of suspension
Art
- MS23 Prudentius, Psychomachia, fol 22v C10th
- T84 Vatican Reg.12 f.27v
Archaeology
- Scar boat grave, Scotland. [OWEN and DALLAND 1999: p.112-115].
References
Groenman van Waateringe, Willy (1984) Die Lederfunde Von Haithabu. [The Leather Finds from Hedeby]. Hedeby-Ausgrabungen in Haithabu [GROENMAN VAN WAATERINGE 1984] ^ *
Owen, Olwyn, and Dalland, Magnar (1999) SCAR, A Viking Boat Burial on Sanday, Orkney. Tuckwell Press. [OWEN & DALLAND 1999] *
