As I've seen a lot of folks around here with them :D , here's 58 pages (116 actions at 2 per page) of people fighting with them:

http://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/dms...=PHYS_0076

Hi :)

Thanks Benjamin, I like armoured combat.

Page 5 to 16 is armoured combat.

I have some questions. :?:
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http://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/dms...mp;USE=800

What is this ring? :?: (for hunging weapons?)
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What do they doing? :?:
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thanks

My uneducated guesses at your questions:

First picture-- yes, probably a hanger for a mace, axe, or some back-up weapon. About the only other reason I can think of for it being there is to hang up the armour after use, and upside-down just doesn't sound right as it'd put a lot of stress on the straps of the armour. Might also be for tying the two combatants together so they can't just keep their distance; however, I haven't heard about anything like this being done in medieval duels. So, I think the hanging a second weapon in that ring works.

Second picture... okay, that's a mystery. "Look, guys! I'm gonna do a magic trick!"? Some exotic medieval version of "slap hands"? "Hold on, you got a bug on there..."? That one really is kind of out there for a fight book, isn't it?

A clue may be provided by the fact that the person holding the bag/pouch and the... table, something, seems to be less armoured than the guy holding the mallet. So, this may be a case of a guy putting his seal to a document in dramatic manner?

The first picture I'd agree with Jeffrey.
And maybe in the second he's loading some sort of firearm? :confused:

The second picture might make a good candidate for a "Caption This" kind of thing.
:p

I don't know for certain, but the figure on the left in the second picture reminds me of a seller of Papal indulgences.

i`m always shocked, how rude they were in the 19th cent. to the old originals.
whilst nowadays you`d probably touch them with gloves, they back then did not shy away from pressing stamp markings into the paper :eek:

Hi :)

It looks like firearm to me... :)
Page 5 to 16 are armoured combat. And these illustrated techniques are famous... :D

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But this(it looks like firearm ) is technique??? :?:
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