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The centre figure is winding up his windlass crossbow behind the shelter of a shield.
From Manuscript, Froissarts ' Chronicles.'
The larger shields, which were carried before the knights (by their pages) when on the march, and which were propped up in front of them as a protection from arrows in a battle or a siege, were known as pavises or mantlets.
- Author
- The Book of the Crossbow
By Ralph Payne-Gallwey
Published in 1903, 1995
Available from Internet Archive - Posted on
- Sunday 21 March 2021
- Dimensions
- 647*710
- Tags
- Hand weapons, Middle Ages, Shield, Weapons
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- 1901
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