Two Anglo-Saxon Warriors on Horseback
Illustration of a drawing in The Harley Psalter, an illuminated manuscript of the second and third decades of the 11th century. Two Anglo-Saxon warriors ride horseback wielding an axe and long spear or javelin. Both horses are rearing up, their front legs off the ground. Both weapons are raised. The warrior in front has dark hair while the hair of the one behind appears to be lighter-colored.
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horse, spear, Anglo-saxon, horses, axe, soldiers, horseback, manuscript, javelin, warriors, horsemen, Harley Psalter, Old English, blond, brunette, illuminated, rearingSource
Samuel Bannister Harding, Ph.D., Assisted by Margaret Snodgrass, A.M. The Story of Europe: From the Times of the Ancient Greeks to the Colonization of America, An Elementary History for the Sixth Grade, Based Upon the Report of the Committee of Eight to the American Historical Association (Chicago, IL: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1912) 137
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