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189.—Arms and Costume of a Saxon Military Chief. The man in the figure is a Saxon soldier. In one hand he holds up a bowl. In the other he holds his spear and shield. He wears a billowing cloak and either boots or shoes with leggings that leave his knees exposed. He has a helmet with a crest.. In the background is a sailing [...] [more...] |
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190.—Arms and Costume of an Anglo-Saxon King and Armour Bearer. A King brandishes a sword; he holds a large shield. At his side and slightly behind him, a boy or young man has a smaller shield. |
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191.—Arms and costume of the Tribes on the Western Shores of the Baltic. Two young men are dressed as soldiers, with metal plate armour (or possibly leather armour). One has a spear or javelin, and the other a sword; both have shields and helmets. In th foreground a curved sword and an axe; in the background [...] [more...] |
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193.—Costume of a Soldier. From Cotton MS. Tib. C. 6. Cotton Manuscript Tiberius C. vi is a psalter from the 11th century. The soldier here has a beard pointy shoes (and striped socks I think), and carries a spear. [more...] |
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209.—Tower of Earl’s Barton Church The church in Earl’s Barton, in Northamptonshire, is a work of several periods of our Gothic architecture; but the tower is now universally admitted to be of Saxon construction (Fig. 209). It exhibits many of the peculiarities recognised as the characteristics of this architecture. 1st, We have the “long stone set at the corner, and a short one lying [...] [more...] |
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210.—Edward the Confessor’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey,—now used as the Pix office. “Under its original name of the Isle of Bramble or thorn-ea, Westminster was a place of importance before London existed. [more...] |
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211.—Windows from the Palace of Westminster The windows are supposed here to be of Saxon origin; that is, dating between A.D. 440 and A.D. 1100 or so. [more...] |
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230.—Hawking. From Cotton MS. “All ranks of the Anglo-Saxons delighted in the chace. The young nobles were trained to hunting after their school-days of Latin, as we are told in Asser’s ‘Life of Alfred.’ [more...] |
