Accessories:
Accessories:
Images of Seaxes (C8th to C11th)
- 775-800AD St. Andrew Sarcophagus
- C8th England, Derbyshire, Repton. Stone carving, [CAMERON 2000:p.200] [HINTON 2005: p.105]
- 850-900AD Brussels, Bibliotheque Royale, Lat. 9987. Psychomachia
- C9th Paris, BNF, Lat. 8085 fol.57r. Virtue, armed with a sword and seax, combating a Vice. [BNF]
- C10th Brussels, Bibliotheque Royale, ms. 10066-77 Psychomachia f.112r-139r
- England, Dorset, Cranborne. Silver strap-end [HINTON 2005: p.113]
- Middleton Warrior [BAILEY 1980:pl.14]
- 975-1000AD Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS23, f.23r.[PARKER]
- 1025-1050AD Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS lat 8824 - seax.jpg [OHLGREN 1992]
- 1076AD Bayeux Tapestry [WILSON 1985:pl.6, 7]
Literature (C9th to C11th)
- Beowulf c.1000AD
- "Grendel's mother; the hard man of conflict then heaved, now that he was enraged, the deadly foe, so that she fell to the floor; she again him quickly gave hand-reward with wrathful grips and clutched him against herself; hen, weary in spirit, he stumbled, the strongest man, warrior on foot, so that he was in a fall; then she bestrode the guest in her hall, and drew her seax, broad and bright-edged; she wished to avenge her son, only offspring;" lines 1538-1547 heorot.dk
- "Then again the king himself gathered his wits, drew a slaughter-seax bitter and battle-sharp, that he wore on his byrnie;" lines 2702-2704 heorot.dk
- "beside him lies his life-contender sick with seax-wounds" line 2903-2904 heorot.dk
- "Grendel's mother; the hard man of conflict then heaved, now that he was enraged, the deadly foe, so that she fell to the floor; she again him quickly gave hand-reward with wrathful grips and clutched him against herself; hen, weary in spirit, he stumbled, the strongest man, warrior on foot, so that he was in a fall; then she bestrode the guest in her hall, and drew her seax, broad and bright-edged; she wished to avenge her son, only offspring;" lines 1538-1547 heorot.dk
English Seax Blades (C9th to C11th)
Out of 128 knives found from Coppergate York, only 1 can be classed as a seax. [CAMERON 2000: p.64-65]
England, Cambridge, River Cam at Dimmock's Cote
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England, Cumwhitton, Plough Soil
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England, Cumwhitton, Grave 5
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England, Kent, Sittingbourne
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England, London
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England, London, Honey Lane
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England, London, Park Street
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England, London, Princes Street
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England, London,Thames
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England, London, Thames
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England, London, Thames at Blackfriars
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England, London, Thames at Brentford
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England, London, Thames at Brentford
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England, London, Thames at Brentford
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England, London, Thames at Fulham
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England, London, Thames at Fulham
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English style Seax Sheathes (C9th to C11th)
Seax sheaths are made from substantial leather up to 3mm thick and closed by rivets about 4 to 5cm apart. In England there are 12 finds of Seax sheaths out of a total of 61 [CAMERON 2000: p.64-65]
Germany, Aachen
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Norway, Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag
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Norway, Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag
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Ireland, Dublin, Christchurch Place
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Ireland, Dublin, Christchurch Place
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Ireland, Dublin, Fishamble Street
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England, Gloucester, 11-17 Southgate Street
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England, Gloucester, Berkeley Street
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England, Hexham
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England, York, Parliament Street
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England, York, Coppergate
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England, York, Parliament Street
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England, York
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England, London, Trump Street
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England, London, Cheapside
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A few Seax Sheathes from the C8th
- Dover, Buckland, grave 145, leather sheath dated to 700-750AD
- London, River Thames nr. Westminster Bridge, metal fittings, late C8th
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