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A Pavise from Konrad Kyeser's military treatise 'Bellifortis', 1405
A larger image of a Pavise from Konrad Kyeser's military treatise 'Bellifortis', 1405.
Manuscript: Göttinger MS Philos. 63 Bellifortis
Folio: 120
Dating: 1405
From: Germany
Holding Institution: University of Göttingen Library
Source: Manuscript Miniatures
An extract from Armies of the Middle Ages, volume 1 by Ian Heath:
pavises depicted here are from a ms. of 1405 and are representative of the heavy-duty type normally used in siege-work. 47a is the height of a man and made of iron or else thick wood faced with iron. Otherwise pavises were normally constructed of wooden slats glued together and faced with painted or varnished hide, decoration (often ornate) usually taking the form of coats-of-arms or badges of their town or lord, often in the form of an escutcheon. Note the wood or steel props
