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Sword Scabbards

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*Fetill – baldric [DAVIDSON 1962: p.188]
'''Archaeology'''<br>
--:[[#Riveted straps style|Riveted straps style]] Scabbards are most probably hung from baldrics. The [[#Strap slide style|Strap slide style]] scabbard is also likely to be designed to hang from a baldric.<br>
'''Discussion'''<br>
Baldrics seem to have been the most common way of suspending a sword scabbard up until about 1050AD. <br>
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'''Archaeology''' <br>
 
*Gloucester, 1 Westgate Street (9th century): One scabbard found. 780mm long, but dammaged at the chape end, so original length unknown. Opening curved and 80mm wide with a edge/flesh stitch along the edge. Made of one piece of leather and sewn down one side. Impression of a stiffner visible on the inside, the top of which is 85mm from the top of the scabbard. No rivet holes. A 15mm slit is on either side of the impression. Scabbard was probably lined with soft leather or fur. [GOUDGE 1979: p.196]
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'''Discussion''' <br>
'''Archaeology'''<br>
* York
* GlousterGloucester, 1 Westgate Street (9th century): One scabbard found. 780mm long, but dammaged at the chape end, so original length unknown. Opening curved and 80mm wide with a edge/flesh stitch along the edge. Made of one piece of leather and sewn down one side. Impression of a stiffner visible on the inside, the top of which is 85mm from the top of the scabbard. No rivet holes. A 15mm slit is on either side of the impression. Scabbard was probably lined with soft leather or fur. [GOUDGE 1979: p.196]
* Hedeby
* Birka
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