Be wary of exageration, too, of course. There's an early description of an Irish woman with a brooch the size of a dinner plate, which seems pretty unlikely. A buckler is fairly small, but still.
Maggie --- Genie Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 01:12 PM 3/18/2008, you wrote: > >So: What is the typical diameter of a buckler boss > (meaning the > >round metal stud-like thing in the middle of a > small round shield) > >from c. 1400 England? I have no idea if any > artifacts exist, but I > >know that shields with central bosses are evident > in artwork. Rather > >than just look at illuminations and guess, though, > I would feel > >better consulting people who work in armor of this > period and have a > >broader sense of the available evidence. > > > >Bonus points if I can get a citation -- to either a > written work > >(period document or a modern study), an extant > artifact, or an > >expert who has studied these well enough to be > considered an > >authority (e.g. not just "this is what works for me > when I make > >them" or "my Laurel says..."). > > > I have no proof, but from the pictures I've seen, > and the shield boss > I use, I would say it's just larger than the man's > fist with a gauntlet on. > > Sorry, not very definite, but you don't want one > bigger because the > shield slips around too much. > > Good luck > Genie > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > Writing, editing, razzmatazz _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
