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− | + | John Naylor has classified Anglo-Saxon hooked tags into 5 categories [NAYLOR 2006]: | |
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− | + | |width="100pt"| [[File:Hooked_Tag_Class_A.jpg|thumb|130x150px|left|alt=Hooked Tag Class A]] | |
− | + | |width="600pt"| '''Class A: Circular plate''' | |
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+ | |width="100pt"| [[File:Hooked_Tag_Class_B.jpg|thumb|130x150px|left|alt=Hooked Tag Class B]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"| '''Class B: Shield-shaped plate''' | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" id="Hooked Tag Class C" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"| [[File:Hooked_Tag_Class_C.jpg|thumb|130x150px|left|alt=Hooked Tag Class C]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"| '''Class C: Triangular plate''' | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" id="Hooked Tag Class D" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"| [[File:Hooked_Tag_Class_D.jpg|thumb|130x150px|left|alt=Hooked Tag Class D]] | ||
+ | |width="600pt"| '''Class D: Tear-drop shaped plate''' | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" id="Hooked Tag Class E" | ||
+ | |width="100pt"| No Picture | ||
+ | |width="600pt"| '''Class E: Other shapes''' | ||
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==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
+ | {{Ref|Geijer 1938}} | ||
+ | {{Ref|Hagg 1986}} | ||
+ | {{Ref|Naylor 2006}} | ||
+ | {{Ref|Owen-Crocker 2004}} | ||
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Hooked Tags
Art
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Literature
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Archaeology
- Found in English graves of men, women and children from the C7th onwards. Found below the head, over the skull, at the chest, at the hip, under the knees, over the foot and as fill in the grave. [OWEN-CROCKER 2004]:p.154
Discussion
As Garter Hooks
Art
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Literature
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Archaeology
- Winchester, (C9th) pair of tags found under the right knee of a skeleton [OWEN-CROCKER 2004]:p.155
- Birka (BJ 905) pair of copper alloy hooks, found on the back of a man’s lower leg just below the knee. The tag at Birka was attached to woollen fabric probably from a leg covering. The hooks pointed upwards and hooked into iron rings (not mentioned by Geijer) which were attached to the lower edge of short, linen trousers which reached just over the knee. [GEIJER 1938]:p. 144 [HAGG 1986]:p.68
Discussion
Owen-Crocker expresses her doubt regarding the use of garment hooks as a method of securing leg bindings due to the flimsiness of the tags and the fact that the points of the tags point inwards towards the body. [OWEN-CROCKER 2004]:p.155
As Pouch Clasps
Art
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Literature
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Archaeology
- Rome, a pair found on a pouch containing Anglo-Saxon and other coins. The points faced upwards. [OWEN-CROCKER 2004]:p.155
Discussion
Owen-Crocker considers the use of hooked tags used either singularly or in pairs as a mechanism for closing small pouches to their most likely purpose. [OWEN-CROCKER 2004]:p.155
Types of Hooked Tags
John Naylor has classified Anglo-Saxon hooked tags into 5 categories [NAYLOR 2006]:
Class A: Circular plate | |
Class B: Shield-shaped plate | |
Class C: Triangular plate | |
Class D: Tear-drop shaped plate | |
No Picture | Class E: Other shapes |
Reference
Geijer, Agnes (1938) Birka III - Die Textilfunde Aus den Grabern. [The Textile finds from the Graves] Birka, Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien [GEIJER 1938] ^ *
Hagg, Inga (1986) 'Die Tracht'. In Arwidsson, Greta (ed.) (1986) Birka II:2 Systematische Analysen der Graberfunde. [Systematic Analysis of the Graves Findings] Birka, Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien: II:2 [HAGG 1986] ^ *
Owen-Crocker, Gale R. (2004) Dress in Anglo-Saxon England. 2nd ed. The Boydell Press. [OWEN-CROCKER 2004] ^ 1 2 3 4 5 *