Quivers

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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.

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.

Unknown method of suspension

Art

• MS23 Prudentius, Psychomachia, fol 22v C10th
• T84 Vatican Reg.12 f.27v

Archaeology

• Scar boat grave, Scotland. .

References

• Groenman van Waateringe, Willy. Die Lederfunde Von Haithabu. 1984.
• Owen, Olwyn, and Magnar Dalland. SCAR A Viking Boat Burial on Sanday, Orkney. Tuckwell Press, 1999.
• Wilson, David M. The Bayeux Tapestry. 1985.