"Illustrations of French Infantry c.1000" Topic
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Druzhina | 14 Feb 2014 3:28 a.m. PST |
Illustrations of French Infantry c.1000 French Costume & Soldiers in the Siege of Jerusalem – Commentaries of Hayman on Ezekiel, Auxerre, France, c. 1000AD
. A drawing of a French Crossbowman by Ian Heath based on the Commentaries of Hayman on EzekielFrench Costume & Soldiers in constellations Auriga, Cepheus & Gemini, Dijon, c.1000MIRROR SITE French Costume & Soldiers in the Siege of Jerusalem – Commentaries of Hayman on Ezekiel, Auxerre, France, c. 1000AD . A drawing of a French Crossbowman by Ian Heath based on the Commentaries of Hayman on Ezekiel French Costume & Soldiers in constellations Auriga, Cepheus & Gemini, Dijon, c.1000 Druzhina Illustrations of 10th century Costume & Soldiers |
Great War Ace | 14 Feb 2014 10:30 a.m. PST |
Wait a second, CANON in c. 1000? The story may be old, but the pics must be much later still
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GurKhan | 14 Feb 2014 11:39 a.m. PST |
No, there were plenty of canons in 1000
. oh, you mean cannon? The usual interpretation is that it's some sort of ram. |
Druzhina | 14 Feb 2014 6:21 p.m. PST |
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Great War Ace | 16 Feb 2014 8:18 p.m. PST |
I know what it says. But the picturing of battering rams by single warriors is bizarre and unique. I would be more convinced that a sort of "Greek fire" device is being depicted. We know that "Naphatin" existed on the side of the Saracens, with even a kind of propelled version described, but the source is unknown/unremembered to me. I don't have the Ian Heath Crusades book at hand, but doesn't he illustrate this weapon? It was held under the arm, iirc. Putting wheels on a slightly larger version might have been done. Keep in mind that this siege is biblical, so depicting weaponry is not limited to European tenth century stuff
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Druzhina | 17 Feb 2014 3:42 a.m. PST |
Not in Ian Heath's Crusades book, but in his Dark Ages book (142), along with one on a ship manned by 6 crew (from Scylitzes Chronicle – which has obvious flames). Small numbers of crew for ships etc is common in manuscripts, so why not for a ram? The one on the right has a roughly sheep's head shape on the front, the one on the left a point. Druzhina Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers |
Great War Ace | 17 Feb 2014 10:52 a.m. PST |
Yeah, okay. Battering rams, then. I just noticed that each one has three men touching it, evidently intended to illustrate a machine with a crew
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Great War Ace | 17 Feb 2014 11:01 a.m. PST |
Btw, I was starting to check out the Bayeux Tapestry pages, and saw this: link The link for number 18 brings up Dinant, where Conan surrenders, not Dol, where he escapes. Number 29 is also ed
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