Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Pauldron
Plate armor for shoulders from several overlapping pieces.
From Encyclopedia
- Broadsword
- Term usually stands for Medieval swords which is, in fact, wrong. This misnomer comes from Victorian collectors of the early 19th century.
- Corselet
- See Corslet.
- Compound-Hilt & Complex-Guard
- Term for the many forms of hilts in Renaissance and on some late-Medieval swords. Ususally consist of finger-rings,…
- Xiphos
- Bronze sword with a tanged metal blade fitted into a plain wooden hilt.
