An early depiction of sword & buckler, 1247

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An early depiction of sword & buckler, 1247

Postby Ulrich von L...n » 05 Jul 2012 08:04

I have found this image on a blog created by a member of Ars Ensis (Hungary). The post mentioned that Szabolcs Waldmann had posted this image somewhere on the internal forum / mailing list (?) of Ars Ensis.

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More details - in Spanish - can be found:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidal_Mayor

The whole codex is available online (unfortunately only black & white images):
http://www.derechoaragones.es/consulta/ ... ?id=600789

The above image can be found on page 17.
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Re: An early depiction of sword & buckler, 1247

Postby Thearos » 05 Jul 2012 08:33

Sub bracchio with left foot forward !
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Re: An early depiction of sword & buckler, 1247

Postby admin » 05 Jul 2012 09:20

That is nice and is pretty early.
http://www.antique-swords.co.uk/

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