Brown, G. Baldwin (Gerard Baldwin), 1849-1932, Webster, A. Blyth (Adam Blyth), 1882-1956, Sexton, Eric H. L. (Eric Hyde Lord), 1902-1980 · London, J. Murray · leaf 285
there were found on the skull of askeleton the remains of what may have been the framework ofa similar headpiece.2 These two discoveries seem to exhaustthe subject of the Anglo-Saxon helmet. THE SHIELD The only weapon of defence represented at Bifrons, andas a rule in Anglo-Saxon cemeteries as a… … FORM AND SIZE OF SHIELDS 197 possible that the rank and file of the Anglo-Saxons werealways supplied with shields, but when these were wholly ofperishable materials they may have decayed away. In thecemeteries with which we are concerned the presence of theshield is only attested by the metal…
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