. A history of the art of war, the middle ages from the fourth to the fourteenth century . very small ball on the top of the headpiece of the front horsemanin IV. A and of the right-hand foot-soldier in V. c represents balls, however, look more like small metal knobs. It willbe noted that all the mounted men wear mail-shirts with tunicsbelow them, and high boots. Their lower arms are unprotected,but the upper arm of most of them is guarded by the character-istic brassard of narrow metal plates which is seen in mostByzantine military figures. The horse-archer in IV. B does notwear this
. A history of the art of war, the middle ages from the fourth to the fourteenth century . very small ball on the top of the headpiece of the front horsemanin IV. A and of the right-hand foot-soldier in V. c represents balls, however, look more like small metal knobs. It willbe noted that all the mounted men wear mail-shirts with tunicsbelow them, and high boots. Their lower arms are unprotected,but the upper arm of most of them is guarded by the character-istic brassard of narrow metal plates which is seen in mostByzantine military figures. The horse-archer in IV. B does notwear this defence, but apparently a sleeveless mail-shirt : thebrassards would have been a hindrance in drawing the of the helms are pointed ; only the horseman in V. C has aplain round-topped steel cap. The shields are all round and ofmoderate size. Several of the cavaliers show their military cloaksflying behind them. The arms used are lance, bow, axe, andmace. The last two are to be seen in the group of horsemenbesieging the castle in IV. B. The horses seem to have light PLATE IV. V.
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