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. (WILSON, The Bayeux Tapestry 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, 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).