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Ryan S.
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 Posted: Mon 14 Mar, 2022 8:23 am Post subject: How were Viking shields painted? |
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I was looking at viking shields that one can buy today and I was wondering how historical ones were decorated. Are there any good resources? I am not interested in just in viking age shields, but also other similar round shields from the migration period.
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Sean Manning
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| Posted: Tue 15 Mar, 2022 8:11 am Post subject: Re: How were Viking shields painted? |
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| Ryan S. wrote: | | I was looking at viking shields that one can buy today and I was wondering how historical ones were decorated. Are there any good resources? I am not interested in just in viking age shields, but also other similar round shields from the migration period. |
You will probably need archaeology books, but two web resources are Hurstwic Viking Shields (they have a new book) and Roland Warzecha's Dimicator patron (there is information on Viking Age shields and shield-painting in the archives, he has not yet published his book on shield fighting).
Edit: Also Peter Beatson, "The 'Viking Shield' from Archaeology," http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisandpeter/shield/shield.html He and Roland are good about citing where they get their information from.
weekly writing ~ material culture
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Ryan S.
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| Posted: Thu 17 Mar, 2022 8:55 am Post subject: |
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Thanks, that last one has what I am looking for. Well, I was hoping there would be more, but it seems there isn't much.
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This is a standard topic