Chest piece with spring mechanism
The chest piece with spring mechanism is part of a special armor for the gesture .
description
The spring-mechanism chest piece is made of steel and brass . This chest piece or other similar type were part of the armor in the so-called "Geschiftrennen". There are two such races that were run slightly differently:
- Geschifttartschenrennen
The aim of the Geschiftartschenrennens was one mounted on the chest of the enemy rider, special buckler to meet. This tartsche consisted of several wedge-shaped pieces of metal (shift wedges) which, when put together, formed this tartsche. They are attached to the mechanical chest piece and thus lie between the chest piece and a strong, round metal disc that is connected to the mechanical chest piece by means of a steel pin . The pressure generated by the clamping of the shift wedges tensions the mechanism and holds the shift wedges in their position. If the opponent's lance hit the pocket during the race , the mechanism was triggered, the individual locking wedges loosened and thrown together with the disk high into the air over the girder. The mechanism triggered two lever arms with small wheels at the end. The arms hurled the tartche upwards, whereby three smaller levers released the tensioned lock wedges from their position and pushed them apart.
- Disc race
In the Geschifscheibenenrennen a similar effect was carried out as in the above-described "Geschiftartschenrennen". Only the mechanism of the chest piece was made simpler. The mechanical chest was fastened over the racing armor, and a large sheet of sheet iron was placed above it, covering the entire chest. The mechanism was also stretched over wrist wedges. In contrast to the method mentioned below, this disc got stuck on the chest and only the wedges were thrown into the air by the hit and the subsequent mechanical action of the chest piece, where the individual wedges separated in all directions. So far only one mechanism has been incompletely preserved, in which the limbs are no longer preserved. This mechanical chest piece is in the collections of the Vienna Art History Museum (photo info box).
- National race
The national race was one of the most dangerous types of races. In this type of tournament, the mechanical chest was attached to a so-called "waist chest". When the lance hit the tartsche precisely, the whole thing was detached from the mechanical chest piece and thrown into the air. Since the tournament participants did not wear a beard on their breastplate, hit errors could have serious consequences if they hit the neck or missed the tartsche.
In the three types of tournaments, which fall under the “Geschiftrennen” and “Bundrennen”, the main goal was to hit the tartsche and trigger the mechanism mentioned and see the effect of the hit. In the stuff book of Emperor Maximilian I the following is preserved: (quote) "should have tartschen that the debris jump into the high" (end of quote). Another goal was to lift the opponent out of the saddle (“run away”) if he could no longer hold himself in the saddle (“could own”) after a hit that was too strong.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wendelin Boeheim, Handbook of Arms , Nachdr. D. Ed. Leipzig 1890, Fourier Verlag, Wiesbaden 1985, ISBN 978-3-201-00257-8 , pages 560-561
- ↑ Wendelin Boeheim, Handbook of Arms , Nachdr. D. Ed. Leipzig 1890, Fourier Verlag, Wiesbaden 1985, ISBN 978-3-201-00257-8 , pages 556-559
literature
- Wendelin Boeheim, J. Löwy, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, album of outstanding items from the arms collection of the highest imperial family: published with the permission of the high chamberlain of his KuK apostolic majesty , Verlag J. Löwy, 1894, page 28
- Matthias Pfaffenbichler, Christa Angermann, Maximilian I .: the rise of an emperor: from his birth to sole rule 1459-1493 , Verlag MWN, Stadtmuseum Statutarstadt Wiener Neustadt, 2000, ISBN 978-3-85098-248-1 , page 85