Round shield (concave-shaped shield) (B)

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Round shield (concave-shaped shield)

Round concave-shaped shields are widely used throughout the Middle Ages. They are known from the Franconian manuscripts of the 900s, and up to the end of the Middle Ages.
The heraldry of the shield comes from a fresco, in an Italian templar church. Later heraldry of the mendicant orders uses the same kind of symbolism. The top field is symbolizing the color of the order's cloak, the bottom field symbolizing the color of the tunic under the cloak.

Sources

Round shield (concave-shaped shield) 01 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Biblia Sancti Petri Rodensis.
Author:
Remigius Autissiodornsis
Current location:
Bibliothèque nationale de France (MS. Latin 6 (2) - f.129v).
Place of origin:
Monestir de Santa Maria de Ripoll, Ripoll , Catalonia, Spain.
Dating:
After 950, before 1050.

Round shield (concave-shaped shield) 02 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Huelgas Apocalypse.
Author:
-
Current location:
The Morgan Library, NY, US (M.429 - f.128r).
Place of origin:
Toledo, Spain.
Datering:
Ca. 1220.

Round shield (concave-shaped shield) 03 (B)

Source type (B):
Mural.
Navn:
Mural (perhaps the Battle of Acre 1291).
Author:
-
Current location:
Chiesa di San Bevignate, Perugia, Italy.
Place of origin:
Chiesa di San Bevignate, Perugia, Italy.
Dating:
After 1283.
Note:
San Bevignate Church was after 1283 a Templar church.
Mural defect in the middle of the shield, the shield has no shield boss.
At the top of the shield, the white color has disappeared. However, residues of paint are seen along the edge.

Cross -Reference

Winged lance 01 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Recueil.
Author:
Various authors.
Current location:
Bibliothèque de l'Agglomération du Pays de Saint-Omer, Saint-Omer, Frankrig (Ms. 764 - f.23).
Place of origin:
L'abbaye Saint-Bertin (Abbaye de Sithiu), Saint-Omer, Frankrig.
Dating:
Start 869 - Slut 950.
Note:
'Recueil' means 'collection' in French. The manuscript consists of collected parchments.

Winged lance 02 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Ordo Sancti Benedicti. Abbatia Sancti Laurentii (Liège).
Author:
-
Current location:
Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België, Brussels, Belgium (Ms. 10066-77 - f.249).
Place of origin:
Abbaye de Stavelot, Liège, Belgium.
Dating:
Ca. 900-1000.

Almond-shaped shield 04 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Biblia Sancti Petri Rodensis.
Author:
Remigius Autissiodornsis
Current location:
Bibliothèque nationale de France (MS. Latin 6 (2) - f.5r).
Place of origin:
Monestir de Santa Maria de Ripoll, Ripoll , Catalonia, Spain.
Dating:
After 950, before 1050.

Sword Xa - stud-shaped pommel 05 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Morgan Billed-Bibel (Maciejowski Biblen).
Author:
-
Current location:
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, US. (MS M.638 - f.33r)
Place of origin:
France.
Dating:
1240s.

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