Standing Shield 1385–87 German, Erfurt Shields of this exceptionally large size and weight (50 lb. [23 kg]) were propped on the ground to form a wall that protected archers and infantrymen. This shield comes from the arsenal of the town of Erfurt and is painted with the coat of arms of that city and its dependencies Vieselbach, Kapellendorf, and Vargula. It presumably was made after 1385, when the archbishop of Erfurt acquired suzerainty over the town of Vargula, but before 1387, when the coat of arms was again augmented. The holes in the surface were made by crossbow bolts and by St
Standing Shield 1385–87 German, Erfurt Shields of this exceptionally large size and weight (50 lb. [23 kg]) were propped on the ground to form a wall that protected archers and infantrymen. This shield comes from the arsenal of the town of Erfurt and is painted with the coat of arms of that city and its dependencies Vieselbach, Kapellendorf, and Vargula. It presumably was made after 1385, when the archbishop of Erfurt acquired suzerainty over the town of Vargula, but before 1387, when the coat of arms was again augmented. The holes in the surface were made by crossbow bolts and by Standing Shield. German, Erfurt. 1385–87. Wood, leather, gesso, silver foil, gold lacquer, polychromy, iron. Erfurt. Shields
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