When I see the same thing pop up over and over again, though, I start to think maybe this is a real thing I should know more about. Case in point: Deeply curved, full-body, elliptical or oval shields wielded by armored figures in art from the 14th and 15th centuries. I've attached (or attempted to attach) two images showing this type. I know I've seen at least one other piece of art depicting a fully armored soldier, on foot, wielding a very similar shield but, alas, I did not save the image.
The first image is from 1410 to 1412 according to my very limited documentation and the latter is 14th century and, I believe, French.
Without having a name for this type of shield, I have no idea what to search for. Is anyone familiar with this type of shield? Are there extant examples? Documents describing them? Does the community have a term for this weapon?
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