ANST - shield covers
Joe Wolf
WolfJ at bisys.com
Wed Mar 17 13:10:27 PST 1999
>> Yes, glue and tacks... and an additional note. A piece of gesso'd canvas
>>gives you a wonderful surface to write some sort of message upon, be it a
>>period prayer, a sonnet from your paramour, or even just your name.
>Interesting. Would this message be on the front or on the back of the
>shield? I assume the latter. Any indication this was done in period?
On the back... the Museum of London has a German (?) jousting shield (rounded heater with an extension
parallel to ground from upper, sinister corner) with a Pater Noster ("Our Father?") enscribed where the weilder
would see it if crouched over this shield in a forward riding position.
Herr Manfred von Wolf
Barony of the Stargate
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