Anglo Saxon King with his armour bearer and warriors in battle, 8th century. King in short chainmail tunic, crown, armed with sword and shield. From the Old English Hexateuch, Cotton MS Claudius B iv. Ancient ship from Harley BM MS 647. Handcoloured copperplate engraving etched by John Augustus Atkinson, aquatinted by John Hill, after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from his own Selections of Ancient Costume of Great Britain and Ireland, Colnaghi and Co., London, 1814.

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