Streiftartsche

Streiftartsche of Maximilian I around 1485

Wrongly reconstructed way of carrying a streaked animal (drawing by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc ): this is a left (!) Streaked animal that sits too low (on the right! Leg) because it was supposed to protect the thigh and knee

A Streiftartsche is a flat shield hanging on the saddle to protect the thighs of a knight during the tournament of the late Middle Ages . The Streiftartsche is constructed in such a way that a lance cannot penetrate the armor when hit , but rather slides off the Streiftartsche .

See also

• Dilge
• Piercing and racing gear
• Tournament armor

literature

• Heinrich Müller, German Historical Museum - Albrecht Dürer: Arms and Armaments , page 91, Ph. Von Zabern publishing house, 2002, ISBN 978-3-86102-121-6 .
• Franz Jostes, Arthur Huebner - Research and Findings , Issue 4, Parts 1–2, Page 13, 1915.

Web links

• The large art lexicon by PW Hartmann - Streiftartsche

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wendelin Boeheim, Handbook of Arms, Nachdr. D. Ed. Leipzig 1890, Fourier Verlag, Wiesbaden 1985, page 559, ISBN 978-3-201-00257-8