druzhina
04-08-2019, 06:32
I have previously written that Ian Heath's idea that the kite-shaped shield was depicted in Europe for the first time (https://warfare.ueuo.com/WRG/Dark_Ages-61-62-Ottonian_Infantry.htm) in the 'Codex Aureus of Echternach', (The Gospel of Otto III). Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg, Germany (https://warfare.ueuo.com/6C-11C/Codex_Aureus_Epternacensis.htm) was based on a dating on the reused ivory cover as c. 983-991AD, but, the manuscript is now dated as 1030-1050AD.
The earliest depiction of a Western-European kite shield may be in a Carolingian Bible, Northern France, 976-1000AD. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 46 (https://warfare.ueuo.com/6C-11C/Carolingian-Biblia_Latina_Vetus_Testamentum-BnF_Latin46-f69v.htm), which was previously dated after 1000.
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=22412&d=1554701255
Mirror sites
Ottonian Infantry in Armies of the Dark Ages 600-1066 by Ian Heath, based on the Codex Aureus of Echternach or Codex aureus Epternacensis (https://warfarewest.x10host.com/WRG/Dark_Ages-61-62-Ottonian_Infantry.htm)
The Codex Aureus of Echternach or Codex aureus Epternacensis (https://warfarewest.x10host.com/6C-11C/Codex_Aureus_Epternacensis.htm)
Soldier with Kite Shield in a Carolingian Bible, folio 69v, lettre ornée at the start of Deuteronomy, Northern France, 976-1000AD. Bibliothèque nationale de France. Latin 46. (https://warfarewest.x10host.com/6C-11C/Carolingian-Biblia_Latina_Vetus_Testamentum-BnF_Latin46-f69v.htm)
Druzhina
Carolingian illustrations of costume and soldier (https://warfare.ueuo.com/6C-11C/Carolingian.htm)
The earliest depiction of a Western-European kite shield may be in a Carolingian Bible, Northern France, 976-1000AD. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 46 (https://warfare.ueuo.com/6C-11C/Carolingian-Biblia_Latina_Vetus_Testamentum-BnF_Latin46-f69v.htm), which was previously dated after 1000.
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=22412&d=1554701255
Mirror sites
Ottonian Infantry in Armies of the Dark Ages 600-1066 by Ian Heath, based on the Codex Aureus of Echternach or Codex aureus Epternacensis (https://warfarewest.x10host.com/WRG/Dark_Ages-61-62-Ottonian_Infantry.htm)
The Codex Aureus of Echternach or Codex aureus Epternacensis (https://warfarewest.x10host.com/6C-11C/Codex_Aureus_Epternacensis.htm)
Soldier with Kite Shield in a Carolingian Bible, folio 69v, lettre ornée at the start of Deuteronomy, Northern France, 976-1000AD. Bibliothèque nationale de France. Latin 46. (https://warfarewest.x10host.com/6C-11C/Carolingian-Biblia_Latina_Vetus_Testamentum-BnF_Latin46-f69v.htm)
Druzhina
Carolingian illustrations of costume and soldier (https://warfare.ueuo.com/6C-11C/Carolingian.htm)