12-14-2007, 08:44 AM
Quote:kuura:1h96l2vv Wrote:Although for wargamers, try Ian Heaths Armies of the middle ages Volume 2, published 1984 by Wargames Research Group.
I t has a quite large section on 14th/15th century Byzantine and Trapezuntine organisation, weapons and kit.
God bless you!....you dont know how many times that book have being in my hands, & I had hesitated to buy it :oops: ... I 've found one
Laudes mate!
Your welcome
It's not a bad publication as long as you take some of the reconstructions with a pinch of salt as it were, ie the Pteruges that are still represented, should in my opinion be either the lower extremities of a Kabadion or the attached 'skirts' of a lamellar Klibanion.
The same applies to the depictions of Serbs and Bulgarians in pseudo-Byzantine kit.
I would be interested to know when the long 'triangular kite' shield came into being, the WRG publication puts them in a 14th century context but I'm not sure if they are correct in their reconstruction :?
Kuura/Jools Sleap.
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