Knives and Scabbards

by N. Griffiths, M. De Neergaard, J. Cowgill

Book Overview

Catalogue of knives and scabbards found in London excavations, with discussion of date, technology, decoration and function.

Knives were vital to medieval man for a whole range of uses, from the domestic to the wider social context: Anglo-Saxon pre-Christian burials bear silent witness to this dependence in the many cases where knives are found among the grave-goods. Forged and hafted with great skill, sometimes with elaborately decorated scabbards,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843833530
• ISBN13: 9781843833536
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.4" x 9.6"