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| Keywords: Bohemian - Archer's Shield - Walters 511371.jpg These large shields were used as movable walls to protect longbow archers as well as crossbowmen during sieges and pitched battles Many were large enough to cover two men The lower portion rested on the ground while the top was supported by a prop or the end of the crossbow This type of shield was sometimes called a pavise because it originated in Pavia in northern Italy The pavise bears traces of a black cross on the front the arms of the Teutonic Knights Indeed it is said to come from Marienberg Castle in northern Poland seat of this famous religious order until 1466 middle Other date century 15 Late Medieval wood gesso paint leather wrought iron and linen cm 127 54 3 15 5 accession number 51 1371 35179 Leopold Blumka Gallery New York Walters Art Museum December 1969 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by the S A P Fund 1969 The Book of Kings Art War and the Morgan Library's Medieval Picture Bible The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Academy of the Arts Easton Easton; Princeton University Art Museum Princeton; The Mitchell Gallery Annapolis; Williams College Museum of Art Williamstown 2002 place of origin Austria Walters Art Museum license Weapons in the Walters Art Museum Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Bohemia Protective equipment in archery 15th-century armour Pavise shields Teutonic Knights | ||||
