Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern Nations to the End of the Thirteenth CenturyHewitt, John
History
Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern Nations to the End of the Thirteenth Century
Hewitt, John
Armor; Weapons
5. SWORDS.--Fig. 7. Norwegian Sword. The pommel and cross-piece
are of iron. Figs. 8 to 11. From Livonian graves: the originals
are in the British Museum. Fig. 10 is single-edged: its pommel
and the chape of the scabbard are of bronze. Fig. 11 has its
pommel and guard ornamented with silver. 33
6. Bronze Sheath containing the remains of an iron Sword: found
near Flasby, in the West Riding of Yorkshire: exhibited in the
temporary Museum at York, formed by the Archæological Institute
in 1846. 44
7. AXE-HEADS OR IRON.--Figs. 1 and 2. From the Anglo-Saxon
cemetery at Ozingell: now in Mr. Rolfe's Museum. Figs. 3 and
4. Ancient-Irish examples: from Mr. Wakeman's paper in the
_Collectanea Antiqua_. Figs. 5 and 6. German specimens: from
the cemetery at Selzen, in Rhenish Hesse; described by the
brothers Lindenschmit. Figs. 7 to 10. From Livonian graves
explored by Dr. Bähr: all four are in the British Museum. 46
8. Anglo-Saxon figures contending with the war-knife and barbed
spear: from a Latin and Anglo-Saxon Psalter, formerly belonging
to the Duc de Berri, in the Imperial Library at Paris. 51
9. WAR-KNIVES.--Fig. 1. From the Ozingell cemetery: pommel and
cross-piece of iron: length, 16 inches. Fig. 2. From the
Faussett collection: found at Ash, near Sandwich. Figs. 3
and 4. Ancient-Irish: from Mr. Wakeman's paper. Fig. 3. is
16 inches long: the other, of which the blade is broken, is
remarkable for retaining its handle, which is of carved wood.
Fig. 5 is from the Selzen cemetery, and curious from the ring
at the end of the tang. Length, 2 feet. 52
10. ARROW-HEADS.--Figs. 1 and 2. From the Faussett collection:
the first, 3 inches in length, was found in the parish of
Ash-by-Sandwich, the second on Kingston Down: both have tangs.
Figs. 3 and 4. Arrow-heads with sockets: found on Chatham
Lines. From Douglas's "Nenia." Figs. 5 and 6. From the German
graves at Selzen. Figs. 7 and 8. From Livonian tombs: they are
now in the British Museum. 56
11. Sprinkle or Hand-flail of bronze: from the Museum of Mitau in
Courland. Given in Dr. Bähr's work, _Die Gräber der Liven_. 58
12. Anglo-Saxon Slinger: from an Anglo-Saxon Psalter of the tenth
or eleventh century at Boulogne. The figure is that of David. 59
13. Group from Cottonian MS., Claudius, B. iv., folio 24: Ælfric's
Anglo-Saxon Paraphrase of the Pentateuch, &c. Date about 1000.
The crowned figure in the centre appears to be armed in a coat
of chain-mail. 60
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