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Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern Nations to the End of the Thirteenth Century — John Shaqi

Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern Nations to the End of the Thirteenth CenturyHewitt, John

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Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern Nations to the End of the Thirteenth Century

Name: Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern Nations to the End of the Thirteenth Century
Author: Hewitt, John

Hewitt, John

Armor; Weapons

22. Snaffle-bit, of iron, from an Anglo-Saxon barrow in Bourne
      Park, near Canterbury. In the collection of the Earl of
      Londesborough.                                                  80

  23. Spur with lozenge goad: from the bronze monument of Rudolph
      von Schwaben, A.D. 1080, in the Cathedral of Merseburg. From
      Hefner's _Trachten_.                                            81

  24. Figure from folio 30 of Harleian MS. 603, a Latin Psalter
      of the close of the eleventh century. See p. 29 for its
      description. This subject, an illustration of Mr. Akerman's
      paper in vol. xxxiv. of the _Archæologia_, "On some of the
      Weapons of the Celtic and Teutonic Races," has been kindly lent
      by the author of that essay.                                    90

  25. Great Seal of King William the Conqueror: from the fine
      impression appended to a charter preserved at the Hôtel
      Soubise in Paris. The charter is a grant to the Abbey of St.
      Denis of land at Teynton, in England. The king wears the
      hauberk of chain-mail over a tunic. The hemispherical helmet
      is surmounted by a small knob, and has laces to fasten it
      under the chin. The legs do not appear to have any armour:
      the spur has disappeared. A lance with streamer and a large
      kite-shield complete the warrior's equipment. The legend is
      ✠ HOC NORMANNORUM WILLELMUM NOSCE PATRONUM SI(GNO).             92

  26. Great Seal of King William II., 1087-1100. From an impression
      preserved at Durham. The hauberk appears to be of chain-mail,
      though expressed in a somewhat different manner from the
      preceding seal of William the Conqueror, and from others which
      will follow. The conical helmet seems to have had a nasal. The
      spur is of the goad form. If the leg has had armour, the marks
      of it have been obliterated by the softening of the wax. The
      king is armed with lance, sword, and kite-shield.              102

  27. Seal of Alexander I., king of Scotland: 1107-1124. The
      figure is armed in hauberk with continuous coif, apparently
      of chain-mail; worn over a tunic or gambeson, seen at the
      wrist and skirt. Conical nasal helmet, lance with streamer,
      kite-shield, and goad-spur, are the other items of the
      equipment. The leg does not shew any armour, though the
      softening of the wax may have obliterated markings which
      originally indicated a defensive provision at this part. The
      ornaments of the poitrail are usual at this period.            107

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