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Anglo-Saxon spearmen, from the fine manuscript of Prudentius in the Tenison Library. Date, the beginning of the eleventh century. The drawings are in pen-and-ink only, but very carefully executed: the later subjects by a fresh hand, but all Anglo-Saxon work.

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Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe
By John Hewitt
Published in 1855
Available from books.google.com

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Sunday 9 August 2020

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635*1553

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Century:11th, Shield, Soldiers, Spear

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• Ages and Civilisations / The Middle Ages / Technology / Arms and Armour

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