"Teardrop shaped shields for Saracen cavalry?" Topic
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| JC Lira | 26 Mar 2020 4:13 p.m. PST |
I mostly associate them with Normans, but I believe I've seen some manufacturers give those shields to Saracen infantry. You know the shields I'm talking about, round on top and coming to a long point at the bottom? Are you familiar with them ever being used by Muslim cavalry (Seljuks, mamluks) during the early Crusades? |
| GurKhan | 27 Mar 2020 1:34 a.m. PST |
There's a Fatimid cavalryman with a kite-shield shown at link (and see link ) |
| Perris0707 | 27 Mar 2020 4:20 p.m. PST |
Apparently the Fatimids and Moors used them because of the influence of the Eastern Romans and Spanish Christian forces respectively. |
| JC Lira | 27 Mar 2020 5:57 p.m. PST |
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| Druzhina | 28 Mar 2020 3:38 a.m. PST |
See also:
Seljuk infantry with kite-shield in 'Varqa and Gulshah'
Seljuk cavalry with kite-shield in 'Varqa and Gulshah' Fatimid Warrior with a kite shield, 12th Century, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Fatimid or Persian Infantryman with a Januwiyah shield, 12th Century, De Unger Collection, London
Illustrations of warriors from a Coptic Gospel, Damietta, Egypt, 1179-80, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Cote Copte 13 Mirror Sites
Illustrations of Fatimid Costume & Soldiers, 10th-12th Centuries
Seljuk dress and armour in the Romance of Varqa and Gulshah Druzhina
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