15929993900001312637261000Standard Recordobject-18716170249433342816183275430001702494120396fitz-onlineadlib-object-18716https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18716e979d4a4-dafd-33d4-8887-103e5ab02a935personreferenceagent-150717adlib-agent-150717282d232a-1fb9-3f51-8378-bca15247004dSt Georgereferenceterm-106608adlib-term-10660885afe28f-82f6-3c45-843f-9fa087e98260armouruncertainreferenceterm-40902adlib-term-40902ec39a220-e629-3548-92f0-14937d5d3167leatherHand-gripreferenceterm-32234adlib-term-3223496ff7097-33c1-398e-891e-22b7705b69fewood (plant material)Partreferenceterm-32657adlib-term-3265748738423-5a06-33af-bb0f-e0e48e864331paintDecorationreferenceterm-39136adlib-term-3913612043b78-5c81-37bf-bdff-9ae151968b41canvasCoveringWidthcm66Bottomreferenceterm-1111adlib-term-111146c949dd-f376-3538-878f-397baee5be09mythologyApplied ArtsWood covered with canvas and painted. Slightly wider at bottom than at top, with rounded corners at top. The corners at bottom have been damaged. Square beak at top, cut away to a point below. Flat vertical gutter with sloping sides, down the middle. Painted with St. George and the Dragon. In the border of each corner at the top is a rose in splendour. On the back is a central leather (?) hand-grip which splays out into four ends each attached to the pavise by 3 nails. There is a metal cross-bar at top and a cross-bar of the same material as the hand-grip below the grip. There are four staples and a place for a fifth.M.20-19431accession numberM.20-194318716priref18716urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18716https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18716referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPurchased with the Leverton Harris Fundreferenceagent-154534adlib-agent-154534e0590308-72e4-3959-bd6e-5dbcaf0e757cCox, A.W.194319431943-11-06boughtEntry date: 1943-11-0614501450CE1450circa1450150011500CE15001500productionreferenceagent-149652adlib-agent-1496520d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98UnknownThe pavise, a large shield, was used by archers or crossbowmen to shelter behind and reload their weapons when attacking the enemy. They were carried into position on the battlefield and then set down and propped up with an iron bar attached to the back of the shield. They could be used on their own or used to make a defensive wall behind which the archers could loose off their arrows and bolts. They are made of wood covered in skin, hide, canvas or similar and were often decorated, usually with the arms of the lord or commander, though here with Saint George and the dragon.referenceterm-106437adlib-term-10643759e72604-922d-3194-ac46-27c1c5ac76a415th Century, LateHeightcm113referenceterm-76820adlib-term-76820afff4821-9399-3761-b3ea-bdff5237304fpavisehistory noteA.W. Cox from whom purchased with the F. Leverton Harris Fund.referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumCf. p. 31, lot 340, an Austrian or South German pavise of c. 1480-1500. Estimate £35-45,000; fetched31referencepublication-5610adlib-publication-56108594cfa6-fea7-33ca-a6a5-a140684e899bEdged Weapons, Militaria, Antique Firearms, Arms, Armour, Orders,.....Ref. for earlier history of the pavise93-108referencepublication-200002147adlib-publication-200002147fe48e9ff-da2a-3dc0-b516-7395df67a14fThe introduction and use of the pavise in the Hundred Years WarRef. and Cf. p. 101, V.1 a mid 15th century Bohemian pavise decorated with a figure of St George and the Dragon, with the arms of Zwickau on his breastplate, illustrated p. 102, fig 1.101-08referencepublication-200002148adlib-publication-2000021480125b630-c2a7-34d4-bf61-cda4e7d7665cPavises in the Royal Armouries collectionreferenceterm-113754adlib-term-113754c4f07db0-f41d-3ed0-9940-b7edd83ca62eGothicreferenceterm-10603adlib-term-1060309088083-a78d-3d70-9f4f-343b5c3283d7Medievalanimalreferenceterm-107785adlib-term-107785c70edf96-a6e9-39b0-99bb-d97be0cef893dragoneventreferenceterm-109151adlib-term-109151bd58c520-dd13-3e11-9b50-b6af3f2c311bSt George and the DragonliteraldragondragonliteralSt George and the DragonSt George and the Dragonreferenceterm-76820adlib-term-76820afff4821-9399-3761-b3ea-bdff5237304fpavisepaviseArcher's Paviseobject
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