Old England: A Pictorial Museum (page 19/44)

129.—Wall of Burgh Castle

Burgh Castle is next to Breydon Water on the Norfolk/Suffolk border (today it seems to be in Norfolk, but this Web site uses the 1900 borders so as to be closer to historical sources). It [...] [more...]

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...]

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.

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 the foreground a curved sword and an axe; in the background [...] [more...]

192.—Arms and Costume of Danish Warriors

Two male soldiers are shown, one bearded and one beardless. On thr right, a man with a headdress of some kind wears a short kilt or skirt, and has one hand resting on his thigh and the other holding a long thin sword by the blade (one has to assume that this picture was not taken from life?). He is wearing tights, seemingly without shoes. To his left, [...] [more...]

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...]

194.—Ringed Mail. Cotton MS. Claud. B, 4.

An illustration of a Biblical scene but with Anglo-Saxon costumes and weapons. A king (with a long forked breard) wears a crown, brandishes a heavy sword and carries a shield; he wears ring-mail. [...] [more...]

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...]