September has arrived and our 2017 summer is getting to the old age when we have to say goodbye to each other, if there would be Indian summer then the time will come, perhaps, to do some riding and perhaps to do some reenacting, if possible... - Ojala!
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Today I am going to turn to the Old Poland horse-tack from XVII century or actually the description of such tack from the XVII century primary sources (although published in the XX century).
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| a pukiel - noseband adorning plate with precious and semiprecious stones |
Well, here we go:
amongst the winged hussar saddles in the movable property roll (done in 1684 after their owner's passing) of horse tack and military equipment owned by a captain/rotameister, imć pan Stanisław Wężyk ( Wąż coat of arms, capitaneus or starost/starosta of Sierdz, (he was a captain between 1657-1677) there was the following magnificent specimen:
One complete winged hussar saddle [unfortunately no description] and tack set, silver & gilded, turquoises-adorned, whereas its breastplate had 31 'braycarki'* (small gilded silver plates ornamenting the leather straps of the said breastplate); in each 'braycarek' 3 turquoises, and there was a larger plate (sort of a falerae, centered in the breastplate on horse's breast) with the following precious stones set in it:
5 large turquoises,
5 small rubies,
5 smaller turquoises,
7 smaller rubies
4 of some green stones (emeralds?);
Bridle - consisted of bridle itself with straps and so called 'pukle' (sing, 'pukiel'- small convex gilded silver plates, one covering the forehead and the other nose, and 2 other plates on the both sides of the bridle, where cheekstraps/crownpiece and browband meet)
the 'noseband' 'pukiel'/plate had 9 turquoises
the side 'pukle'/plates - one had 15 turquoises and 5 rubies, the other had 13 turquoises and 8 small rubies.
the forehead 'pukiel' - 18 turquoises, 7 rubies, 2 green stones.
Bridle's straps were covered with 'braycarki ' as well, the browband had 53 braycarki, and each braycarek had 2 turquoises in it.
There were 4 buckles in total:
2 buckles had 8 turquoises each, and the other 2 buckles had 6 turquoises each. Between these buckles there were 65 braycarki.
This set included also a pair of winged hussar type spurs that were silver & gilded.
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| detail of a breastplate with 'braycarki and larger 'phalerae' |
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| detail of the Polish Army Museum winged hussar horse's bridle - braycarki, noseband pukiel and side pukiel visible |
Polish original from general Czesław Jarnuszkiewicz's article in the Polish periodical publication of 'Stowarzyszenie Miłośników Dawnej Broni i Barwy' (the Old Arms and Uniform Aficionados Society) titled - Barwa i Bron, 1934, nr 1, p. 7-8
jeden z kilkunastu rzędów husarskich zmarłego w roku 1684 rotmistrza (był nim w latach 1657 – 1677 roku) Stanisława Wężyka.
„Rząd usarski srebrny, złocisty, turkusami sadzony, u którego podpiersień mając braycarków [blaszek, zdobiących rzemienie] wszelkich trzydzieści jeden, w każdym braycarze po turkusów trzy, a w narożnych pośredni pukiel wielki, w którym turkusów wielkich pięć, rubinów pięć małych, turkusów pięć, rubinów małych siedm, a zielonych kamyczków drobnych cztery; [...]Nagłówek w którym braycarków pięćdziesiąt trzy, w każdym po dwa turkusy, na końcach zamków cztery, we dwóch zamkach tych po osiem turkusach z osobna, a we dwóch po sześć turkusach; między tymi braycarkami jest braycarków sześćdziesiąt pięć; braycar na wierzchu jeden z pięcią turkusów, puklów cztery; w jednym puklu turkusów dziewięć, a we dwu postronnych: w jednym z nich turkusów piętnaście i rubinów sześć, w drugim [puklu] zaś turkusów trzynaście, rubinów małych ośm. W puklu czwartym, co na czole, turkusów ośmnaście, rubinów siedm, zielonych kamyczków dwa. Ostrogi srebrne, złociste, usarskie.” (Jarnuszkiewicz, Broń, s. 7 – 8).
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reconstructions by Radoslaw Szleszynski of Polish Army Museum extant winged hussar period bridles
*braycarki - braycar (singularius), also brajcar and brajtar/braytar. via elektroniczny słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII wieku.
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