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''Usually worn on a shoulder strap and suspended at waist level.''<br>
 
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* T86 Hexatech T86:f41v
 
* T86 Hexatech T86:f41v
* Bayeux Tapestry, 1080AD. 3 Norman archers. [WILSON 1985:pl.60)
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We have a number of Anglo-Saxon manuscript illustrations of quivers.<br>
 
We have a number of Anglo-Saxon manuscript illustrations of quivers.<br>
 
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==Suspended from waist==
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* Bayeux Tapestry, 1080AD. One mail wearing Norman archer. [WILSON 1985:pl.60]
 
* Bayeux Tapestry, 1080AD. One mail wearing Norman archer. [WILSON 1985:pl.60]

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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.

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 waist

Art

  • Bayeux Tapestry, 1080AD. One mail wearing Norman archer. [WILSON 1985]:pl.60

Archaeology


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] *
Wilson, David M. (1985) The Bayeux Tapestry. [WILSON 1985] ^ 1 2 *