Setting sign
A set shield , also known as a set tart , stand tart , pavese or pavis , is a special form of shield .
Description and use
Set shields are 1.5 to 2 meter high shields that are usually made of wood with leather covering. They offered one or more people protection from enemy projectiles in battle . These shields were of particular importance during sieges, as they offered bow and crossbow archer protection from the projectiles of the defenders and they enabled a protected advance on the enemy fortress. It was not uncommon for set shields to have supports, loopholes and viewing slits, which proved to be particularly effective in combat. Many versions of the set shields are artistically painted on the front. The painting was applied directly to the leather or a plaster primer .
history
Antiquity
There were forerunners of set shields even in antiquity. So there was B. In the Assyrian Empire, large shields made of wood, carried by their own shield bearer, protected archers from enemy projectiles.
In the Roman Empire , there were less protective shields than protective walls for archers, the so-called plutei .
middle Ages
In the Middle Ages, these shields got a special meaning due to the invention of the crossbow . A crossbowman could load his weapon safely and then fire it through loopholes at the enemy. Set shields that were used in the Middle Ages were called pavese . Despite the advent of firearms, the Hussites used the Hussites in their military conflicts in the 15th century (late Middle Ages) (see Hussite Wars ). In modern times , shields largely lost their importance due to the spread of firearms.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.beyars.com/kunstlexikon/lexikon_8246.html
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literature
- George Cameron Stone , Donald J. LaRocca: A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor. In All Countries and in All Times. Together with some closely related subjects. Courier Dover Publications, Mineola NY 1999, ISBN 0-486-40726-8 , p. 491.