PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryArt@piefed.socialEnglish · 6 months agoLate medieval tournament armor (Graham Turner)media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down10
arrow-up119arrow-down1imageLate medieval tournament armor (Graham Turner)media.piefed.socialPugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryArt@piefed.socialEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square2linkfedilink
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoIt took me a pretty long time to realize that thing in the middle is a chamfon, for a horse, not some kind of weirdly long shield
minus-squareteft@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI don’t think it’s a chamfron. It looks like a saddle or something to hold the lance. A chamfron would have eye holes and they’re mainly one piece of metal with some padding.
It took me a pretty long time to realize that thing in the middle is a chamfon, for a horse, not some kind of weirdly long shield
I don’t think it’s a chamfron. It looks like a saddle or something to hold the lance. A chamfron would have eye holes and they’re mainly one piece of metal with some padding.