04-15-2010, 06:12 AM
Quote:also, elm javelins were popular, they just whitled the sticks until they were thin enough to slip through mail.
What you mean is not clear. Just in case however, mail rings had around 6mm of inside diameter at this time. That's quite small for a javelin to slip through...
Maybe with those ones...
"O niurt Ambrois ri Frangc ocus Brethan Letha."
"By the strenght of Ambrosius, king of the Franks and the Armorican Bretons."
Lebor Bretnach, Irish manuscript of the Historia Brittonum.
Agraes / Morcant map Conmail / Benjamin Franckaert
"By the strenght of Ambrosius, king of the Franks and the Armorican Bretons."
Lebor Bretnach, Irish manuscript of the Historia Brittonum.
Agraes / Morcant map Conmail / Benjamin Franckaert