Quivers

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Viking Age Compendium articles on Archery:

Wargear

Wargear

Archery & Bow Overview

Archery & Bow Overview

Arrows Overview

Arrows Overview

Catalogue of Archery Evidence

Catalogue of Archery Evidence

Slings

Slings

Wargear

Wargear

Archery & Bow Overview

Archery & Bow Overview

Arrows Overview

Arrows Overview

Catalogue of Archery Evidence

Catalogue of Archery Evidence

Slings

Slings

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 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 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 & DALLAND 1999 p.112-115)}.

References

Groenman van Waateringe, Willy (1984) Die Lederfunde Von Haithabu. [The Leather Finds from Hedeby]. Hedeby-Ausgrabungen in Haithabu - Bericht 21

 ^{(GROENMAN VAN WAATERINGE 1984)}

Owen, Olwyn, and Dalland, Magnar (1999) SCAR, A Viking Boat Burial on Sanday, Orkney. Tuckwell Press.

 ^{(OWEN & DALLAND 1999)}

Rau, Andreas (2007) 'Remarks on finds of Wooden Quivers from Nydam Mose, Southern Jutland, Denmark'. (Available Online) Archaeologia Baltica: Vol.8

 ^{(RAU 2007)}

Wilson, David M. (1985) The Bayeux Tapestry.

 ^{(WILSON 1985)}