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27. Sword found near Florence 22

28. Two views of the sword in the Dömschatz of Essen 23

29. Spear-head, VIIIth-XIth century 25

30. Spear-head, VIIIth-XIth century 25

31. Figure of Goliath 25

32. Axe-head, Xth or XIth century 26

33. Combatants armed with axe and shield and javelin and shield 27

34. Saxon bronze bit 27

35. Stirrup with brass enrichment, Xth-XIIth century 28

36. Spurs, Xth and XIth centuries 28

37. Pair of spurs encrusted and plated with gold and silver 29

38. Spur with silver and brass enrichments 30

39. Presumed appearance of an Anglo-Saxon thegn 31

40. Reduced illustration of the actual appearance of the Bayeux needle-*work,
showing the crudeness of its rendering
33

41. William the Conqueror 34

42. The Bayeux needlework 35

43. William the Conqueror 37

44. MS. Nero, C. iv, about 1125 38

45. From the Bayeux needlework 39

46. From the Bayeux needlework 40

47. Massacre of the innocents 41

48. From the Bayeux needlework 42

49. The great seal of William II 42

50. Scale body armour 42

51a, b. The great seal of William the Conqueror 43

52a, b. William I's Penny 43

53. From the Bayeux needlework 44

54. Conical helmet (copper) 46

55. The so-called helmet of St. Wenceslaus 47


56. Conical helmet (iron) 46

57. Conical helmet (iron) 46

58. Conical helmet (iron) 46

59a, b. Conical segmented helmet (iron) 46

60. Helmet of iron and bronze known as that of Henry the Lion 48

61. Conical helmet 49

62. Gold plate from the brow of a helmet 49

63. Helmet of iron plated with gold 50