Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern Nations to the End of the Thirteenth CenturyHewitt, John
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Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern Nations to the End of the Thirteenth Century
Hewitt, John
Armor; Weapons
"Dous Engleiz vit mult orguillos,
Ki s'esteient acumpaignié
Por ço ke bien erent preisié.
Ensemble debveient aler:
Li uns debveit l'altre garder:
En lor cols aveient levées
Dui gisarmes lunges è lées."
[84] Cap. 23. sect. 4.
[85] weapons.
[86] javelin.
[87] iron headpieces.
[88] Wilson's "Memorials of Edinburgh," vol. ii. p. 3; from the
Borough Records.
[89] We are indebted to Mr. Westwood for this curious drawing.
[90] Abbé Cochet, p. 237.
[91] Figured in _Collect. Antiq._, ii. 245, and at p. 101 of the
Illustrated Catalogue of Mr. Roach Smith's Museum.
[92] Titulo de Vulneribus, n. 2.
[93] _Normandie Souterraine_, pp. 285, 351, 385.
[94] See Archæol. Journal, vol. vi. p. 181; and Wilson's "Archæology
of Scotland," p. 393.
[95] pikes.
[96] forks.
[97] bâtons.
[98] Ap. Duchesne, p. 201.
[99] _Mil. Fran._, i. 7.
[100] See Wilkinson's Egyptians, vol. i. p. 357, ed. 1854.
[101] See Layard's Nineveh, p. 332, ed. 1852.
[102] Ante: page 54.
[103] Hist. Franc., lib. viii. c. 29.
[104] Ibid., lib. iv. c. 46.
[105] See the able work of M. Reinaud and Captain Favé, _Du
Feu Grégeois, &c._; and M. Lacabane's paper in the _Biblio. de
l'Ecole des Chartes_, Second Series, vol. i.; and the _Etudes sur
l'Artillerie_, by the Emperor of the French.
[106] "Und so schwollen Sigurds Seiten, dass seine Panzerringe
entzweisprangen;" welches Entzweispringen doch von nebeneinander
gehefteten Ringen nicht füglich gesagt werden könnte.--_Wien's
kaiserliches Zeughaus._
[107] Lib. vi.
[108] Gesta Regum Franc., cap. 41.
[109] Ibid.
[110] See the Tenison _Prudentius_.
[111] See Strutt, "Dress and Hab.," Pl. XXIX.
[112] It is engraved in vol. ii. of _Collectanea Antiqua_.
[113] Wilkinson's "Ancient Egyptians," p. 287, ed. 1837; vol. i. p.
338, ed. 1854.
[114] See Archæol. Journ., vol. iii. p. 352.
[115] _Trachten des christlichen Mittelalters._ There is also a
French version of this admirable work.
[116] Archæology of Scotland, p. 266.
[117] _coup._
[118] _draps._
[119] _yeux._
[120] _visage._
[121] _voulait._
[122] _tomba._
[123] Line 5215.
[124] Thorpe's Analecta, p. 137.
[125] Ibid., p. 128.
[126] Archæol. Journ., vol. xi. p. 98.
[127] Ap. Du Chesne, p. 168.
[128] Archæologia, vol. xix.; and Memoirs, p. 298.
[129] Compare Wilkinson's "Egyptians," i. 349, ed. 1854; Layard's
"Monuments of Nineveh," Plate LXXII.; and the wall-painting of the
Ajunta Caves, of the first century of our era, a fine copy of which has
been placed in the Museum of the East India House. The Chinese still
use a large round shield of cane-wicker, behind which they crouch so as
to conceal themselves entirely from the view of the enemy.
[130] See Description of Engravings, for the particular localities
where they were discovered.
[131] Copenhagen Manual.
[132] Monast. Ang., vol. i. p. 24.
[133] Saxon Obsequies, Plate XXXVIII.
[134] _Todtenlager bei Selzen_, p. 6.
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