Hentze (gauntlet)
As Hentze , French mitons , engl. Gauntlet , also iron gloves , a medieval gauntlet called.
description
The Hentze protects the top of the fingers and thumb with plates. The wrist and the base of the forearm are protected with a cuff. The typical Hentze has a connected plate protection for the four fingers (pushed Henze) and a separate one for the thumb. So it looks a bit like the top of a mitt. However, there were also fingered Hentzen. The Hentze was used for both the fight and the tournament. There are rare versions that have been specially made to the wishes of the wearer. For example, their finger plates could be locked with a locking pin just above the wrist plate. As a result, the Hentze remained locked in the closed position and the sword could not slip out of the hand during the fight. Another shape had a protrusion on the thumb that provided enough space for the wearer's signet ring to remain on the finger while wearing the armor (the signet ring was often worn on the thumb instead of the ring finger at that time).
See also
literature
- Matthias Goll: With an iron fist. The Freiburg "Bundle Glove". Genesis, workshop and technology. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-3-8370-7432-1 .
- George Cameron Stone : A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times. With an Introduction by Donald J. LaRocca. Courier Dover Publications, Mineola NY 1999, ISBN 0-486-40726-8 , pp. 80-82.
- Robert Waissenberger : Permanent collection of the Historical Museum of the City of Vienna. Self-published by the Museums of the City of Vienna, Vienna 1984.
Individual evidence
- ^ Stone: A Glossary of the Construction. 1999, p. 80.