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Round Shield Designs

Evidence for Viking age shield designs come primarily from art. Literature seems to only mention that the shields were painted. One of the things that differentiates post Roman shields from those of the Roman era is the use of spiral designs. These dominate on depictions of shields after AD 400. 16 silver pendants from Birka appear to copy shields complete with spiral design and possible shield handles. [ARWIDSSON 1989:p.9-11]

Colours

Art

Literature

Archaeology

Discussion


Plain

Shield plain.jpg

From Art
Carolingian

  • c.800-900 Nancy Cathedral Treasury
  • c.800-900 Vatican Lat.124

Ottonian

  • c,900-1000 Venice Cod. GrZ.479
  • c.985-987 Vatican Lat. 9820
  • c.1000-1050 Arras, BM MS 559 (435), vol. 1

Anglo-Saxon

  • London, British Library, MS Cotton Cleopatra C VIII
  • Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 23
  • London, British Library, MS Add. 24199
  • New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, MS 827
  • London, British Library, MS Cotton Claudius B IV
  • Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 296

Norman / Romance

  • c.1076 Bayeux Tapestry
  • c.1050-1100 BNF Lat 6 (1)
  • c.1050-1100 BNF Lat 6 (2)

Spirals

4 Spirals

Shield spiral4.jpg

From Art

Carolingian
  • c.820-830 Stuttgart, Bibl. fol. 23 Stuttgart Psalter
Scandinavian
  • c.800 Silver Valkyrie figure, Hårby, Denmark.
  • Birka, Silver amulet, Gr.954
Spiral_triads_4

4 Spirals with Triads
From Art

Carolingian
  • c.845-855 Vivian Bible
  • c.849-851 Paris Lat 266

5 Spirals

Shield spiral5.jpg

From Art
Merovingian

  • Stone slab from Hornhausen C4th to 7th [DEVIRES and SMITH 2007:p.226]

Ottonian

  • c.1000 Aachen Cathedral Treasury, Ivory Situla
Spiral_triads_5

5 Spirals with Triads
From Art

Carolingian

  • c.915 Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, ubb-B-IV

Ottonian

  • c.1000-1010 London, British Library, Harley 2886

6 Spirals

Shield spiral6.jpg

From Art
Carolingian

Ottonian

  • c.1000 Munich clm 4453 2
  • c.1000-1050 Arras, BM MS 559 (435), vol. 1

Anglo-Saxon

  • London, British Library, MS Cotton Cleopatra C VIII
  • London, British Library, MS Harley 603
Shield spiral dots6.jpg

6 Spirals with Dots
From Art
Carolingian

  • Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart, Bibl. fol. 23
  • St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 2
  • c.900 Bern cod. 264 Peristephanon
  • c.900 Bern cod. 264 Pychomachia

Ottonian

  • c.990 Aachen, Liuthar Gospels
  • c.1000 Munich clm 4453 2
  • c.1000-1020 Bamberg MS A. II. 42 Bamberg Apocalypse
Shield spiral triads6.jpg

6 Spirals with Triads
From Art
Carolingian

  • c.800-900 Rome, San Pao;o furori le Mura
  • Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart, Bibl. fol. 23
  • c.825 Vercelli CLXV 9C
  • c.850-950 Linden Cod. Perizoni F17 Maccabees
  • c.870 Munich clm 14000

Anglo-Saxon

  • Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 183

7 Spirals

Shield spiral7.jpg

From Art
Scandinavian

  • Lillbjars, Gotland, C8th [HEATH 1985:p.53]
Shield spiral dots7.jpg

7 Spirals with Dots
From Art
Anglo-Saxon

8 Spirals

Shield spiral8.jpg

From Art
Anglo-Saxon

Ottonian

  • c.1025-1075 BL Harley 2908

10 Spirals

Shield spiral10.jpg

From Art
Anglo-Saxon

Scandinavian

  • Birka, Silver amulet, Gr.58A; Gr.817
Shield spiral triads10.jpg

10 Spirals with Triads
From Art
Anglo-Saxon

12 Spirals

Shield spiral12.jpg

From Art
Anglo-Saxon

12 Spirals with Triads
From Art
Anglo-Saxon

Deformed Spiral

Shield horizontal triads.jpg

From Art
Carolingian

Anglo-Saxon

  • : fol.2r

Circles

Outer Circle

Shield circle.jpg

From Art
Carolingian

Byzantine

  • c.998-1018 Paris Psalter

Separate Circles

Shield circles.jpg

From Art
Insular

  • c.875-900 St Johns College, MS 9. C, fol.68v, Southhampton Psalter 'Goliath'

Scandinavian

  • c.900-1000 Hedeby, Valkyrie pendant

Overlapping Circles

Shield carolingian.jpg

From Art
Carolingian

  • c.800-825 Amiens Corbie Psalter

Spokes

Thin Spokes

Shield spokes12.jpg

From Art
Carolingian

  • c.800 Trier Apocalypse

Anglo-Saxon

Shield spokes dots12.jpg

Thin Spokes with Dots
From Art
Anglo-Saxon

Flared Spokes

Shield spokes8.jpg

From Art
Carolingian

Crosses

Simple Cross

Shield cross.jpg

From Art
Norman / Romance

Complex Cross

Shield julius cross.jpg

From Art
Anglo-Saxon

  • c.1000 Oxford Junius 11, Caedmon Manuscript p.57

Stripe

Shield stripe.jpg

From Art
Norman / Romance

Shield stripe2.jpg

Stripe with cross
From Art
Norman / Romance

Flared Cross

Shield flared cross closed.jpg

From Art
Ottonian

  • c.1015 Hildesheim door
  • c.1000-1050 Arras, BM MS 559 (435), vol. 1
Shield flared cross open.jpg

Open Flared Cross
From Art
Ottonian

  • c.1040-1055 Biblio. Mun. Avranches MS76

Anglo-Saxon

Oseberg Cross

Shield oseberg.jpg

From Art

Carolingian
  • c.790-795 BNF Lat. 12048 Gellone Sacramentary
Scandinavian
  • c.834 Oseberg Tapestry

Goliath

Carolingian

Shield goliath1.jpg

From Art
Carolingian

  • c.800-825 Amiens BM MS18 Corbie Psalter
  • c.820-830 Stuttgart, Bibl. Fol. 23 Stuttgart Psalter

Late Saxon

Shield goliath2.jpg

From Art
Carolingian

  • c.820-830 Stuttgart, Bibl. Fol. 23 Stuttgart Psalter

Anglo-Saxon

  • London, British Library, MS Cotton Tiberius C VI:fol.9r,16r

Checkered

Shield checkered.jpg

From Art

  • c.1000-1100 Biblio. Mun. Avranches MS50