Quivers

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Usually worn on a shoulder strap and suspended at waist level.

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, The Bayeux Tapestry 1985, pl.60)
Archaeology

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Suspended from waist

Art
  • Bayeux Tapestry, 1080AD. One mail wearing Norman archer. (WILSON, The Bayeux Tapestry 1985, pl.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). It
Discussion

We have a number of Anglo-Saxon manuscript illustrations of quivers.

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