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Saxon king in his martial habit with his armour bearer. King in battle wearing a crown, knee-length chain-mail tunic or lorica, a suit of armour reserved for royalty in the 8th century. He carries a yellow shield and brandishes a sword above his head. Identified as Pepin II, the Younger, King of Aquitaine, 823c.864. His equerry wears a yellow Phrygian cap and scarlet tunica, and carries a shield rimmed with gold. From Old English Hexateuch, Cotton MS Claudius B iv., f.24v. Handcoloured engraving by Joseph Strutt from his Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, Henry Bohn, London, 1842.

Saxon king in his martial habit with his armour bearer. King in battle wearing a crown, knee-length chain-mail tunic or lorica, a suit of armour reserved for royalty in the 8th century. He carries a yellow shield and brandishes a sword above his head. Identified as Pepin II, the Younger, King of Aquitaine, 823c.864. His equerry wears a yellow Phrygian cap and scarlet tunica, and carries a shield rimmed with gold. From Old English Hexateuch, Cotton MS Claudius B iv., f.24v. Handcoloured engraving by Joseph Strutt from his Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, Henry Bohn, London, 1842.
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Caption: Saxon king in his martial habit with his armour bearer. King in battle wearing a crown, knee-length chain-mail tunic or lorica, a suit of armour reserved for royalty in the 8th century. He carries a yellow shield and brandishes a sword above his head. Identified as Pepin II, the Younger, King of Aquitaine, 823c.864. His equerry wears a yellow Phrygian cap and scarlet tunica, and carries a shield rimmed with gold. From Old English Hexateuch, Cotton MS Claudius B iv., f.24v. Handcoloured engraving by Joseph Strutt from his Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, Henry Bohn, London, 1842.
Personalities: JOSEPH STRUTT
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Image size: 4756 × 7030 px | 95.7 MB
Print size: 40.3 × 59.5 cm | 1872.4 × 2767.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 8TH CENTURY • 8TH • 9TH CENTURY • 9TH • APPAREL • ARMOUR BEARER • BATTLE • CHANGING ROOM • CLOTHES • CLOTHING • COMBAT • COMPLETE VIEW OF THE DRESS AND HABITS OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND • COSTUME • COTTON MS CLAUDIUS B IV. • CROWN • DISGUISE • DISPUTE • DRESS • DRESSED • EIGHTH CENTURY • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • FASHION • FIGHT • FIGHTING • GARMENT • GOLD • GOLD, ALL • GOLDEN • GOLDSMITH • HABIT • HANDCOLOURED • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HISTORY. • ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • JOSEPH STRUTT • KING OF AQUITAINE • KING • KNEE-LENGTH CHAIN-MAIL TUNIC • LIFESTYLE • LORICA • MANUSCRIPT • MANUSCRIPT, ILLUMINATED • MARTIAL HABIT • MASQUERADE • MENSWEAR • MODA • MODE • OLD ENGLISH HEXATEUCH • PEPIN II • PHRYGIAN CAP • PRINT • ROBE • ROYALTY • SAXON KING • SCUFFLE • STRUGGLE • SUIT OF ARMOUR • SUIT • SWORD • TAILOR • TUNICA • WAY OF LIFE • YELLOW SHIELD • YOUNGER