07-01-2023, 05:11 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-13-2023, 02:23 AM by Sean Manning.)
Hi Crispianus, so this forum was down for some days in late June. I am trying to sum up.
Could you point me to some publications of shields from the Viking Era which seem to have short handles level with the back of the board like the Dura Europos round shields not long handles that stick out of the back of the board like a typical modern 'Viking Shield'? A broad work like Dickinson and Härke's Early Anglo-Saxon Shields or Stephenson's Anglo-Saxon Shield would be even better.
Its always possible that someone has stared at a shield in a vitrine and seen something that the archaeologists did not see, but because the first millennium CE is not one of my research interests, I'd rather lean on the kind of considered thought that it takes to write a book or an article.
I hope to finish my 24" Early Anglo Saxon shield this year.
Could you point me to some publications of shields from the Viking Era which seem to have short handles level with the back of the board like the Dura Europos round shields not long handles that stick out of the back of the board like a typical modern 'Viking Shield'? A broad work like Dickinson and Härke's Early Anglo-Saxon Shields or Stephenson's Anglo-Saxon Shield would be even better.
Its always possible that someone has stared at a shield in a vitrine and seen something that the archaeologists did not see, but because the first millennium CE is not one of my research interests, I'd rather lean on the kind of considered thought that it takes to write a book or an article.
I hope to finish my 24" Early Anglo Saxon shield this year.
Nullis in verba
I have not checked this forum frequently since 2013, but I hope that these old posts have some value. I now have a blog on books, swords, and the curious things humans do with them.
I have not checked this forum frequently since 2013, but I hope that these old posts have some value. I now have a blog on books, swords, and the curious things humans do with them.
