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Anglo-Saxon warriors

Anglo-Saxon warriors.jpg Anglo-Saxon SpearmenThumbnailsArming a knight for combat in the listsAnglo-Saxon SpearmenThumbnailsArming a knight for combat in the listsAnglo-Saxon SpearmenThumbnailsArming a knight for combat in the listsAnglo-Saxon SpearmenThumbnailsArming a knight for combat in the listsAnglo-Saxon SpearmenThumbnailsArming a knight for combat in the listsAnglo-Saxon SpearmenThumbnailsArming a knight for combat in the listsAnglo-Saxon SpearmenThumbnailsArming a knight for combat in the lists

Group from Cottonian MS., Claudius, B. iv., folio 24: Aelfric's Anglo-Saxon Paraphrase of the Pentateuch, &c. Date about 1000. The crowned figure in the centre appears to be armed in a coat of chain-mail