Dilge

Augsburger Dilge around 1485

A pair of Dilgen by Maximilian I around 1500

Dilgen , including leg dams called, are in the saddle integrated thigh armor of a knight of the late medieval and early modern tournament on horseback. The dilgen are made in such a way that a hit with the lance can not penetrate the armor , but rather slides off the outside. You can only find them on tournament armor .

See also

• Streiftartsche
• Piercing and racing gear
• Tournament armor

literature

• Wendelin Boeheim : Handbook of the armory. The weapon system in its historical development from the beginning of the Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century (= Seemanns Kunstgewerbliche Handbücher. Vol. 7, ZDB -ID 53757-3 ). Seemann, Leipzig 1890 (reprint. Fourier Verlag, Wiesbaden 1985, ISBN 3-201-00257-7 ).
• Austrian National Library, Albertina Graphic Collection, Art History Museum (weapons collection): Maximilian I. 1459–1519 (= Biblos-Schriften. Vol. 23, ZDB -ID 501904-7 ). Austrian National Library, Vienna 1959 (exhibition catalog, Vienna, May 23 to September 30, 1959).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eduard von Sacken : The KK Ambraser Collection. Braumüller, Vienna 1855 (reprint. BiblioBazaar, Charleston SC 2008, ISBN 978-0-559-57974-5 , available online at Google Books ).