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Winged lance (AB)

Information

Winged lance

Lance / Spear with prominent wings at the bottom of the lance tip. This is to prevent the lance from penetrating too far into an enemy. The wings were used for 'fencing' with the lance as well.
Originally, the winged lance was a Franconian weapon from the 700's, but it became widespread throughout most of Europe through the early Middle Ages. The winged lance develops after 1200 to pole weapons, such as partisan and spetum.

Sources

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.

Winged lance 03 (A)

Source type (A):
Archaeological object.
Current location:
Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen Denmark.
Place of origin:
Tissø, St. Fuglelse, Denmark.
Dating:
1000s.

Cross -Reference

Almond-shaped shield 02 (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.

Chainmail coif 05 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
The Life and Miracles of St. Edmund.
Author:
-
Current location:
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, US. (MS M.736 - f.7v).
Place of origin:
England.
Dating:
Ca. 1130.
Note:
Saxons, Jutes, and Angles attack Brits on the run.

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