Ximenez & Bernat - Spanish XV century bridles

 Salvete Omnes.

it is December 2022, so we could canter to the Medieval iconography 'pastures' for some inspiration and beauty.

So today the splendid works by two Spanish (as of present Kingdom of Spain) painters - 
Martin Bernat
Miguel Ximenez

From various museums including Del Prado & Saragossa etc 

Bridles with curb-bits and horse & rider, in all the splendors of the late Xv century Spain

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my favorite Saint Martin by Ximenez - I wonder if the horse is a caballo de paso or a palfrey, with his high action displayed while walking.

and Saint Sebastian in full late XV century Spanish nobleman attire 

Saint Michael outfitted as a Castillian or Aragonese knight, minus the wings obviously

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in this painting - we see two types of swords used during this period in the Spanish realms

a straight sword with an elaborate hilt and the falchion or langes messer one with a sabre like hilt

Valate

Short intro to the historic Polish Fencing

Salve,
just a short post about the historic Polish Fencing

Silkfencing Team from Poland prepared quite comprehensive video presentation on the development of the Old Poland fencing techniques.
From the Ottoman to German & Italian ( Medieval and XVI-XVII centuries) techniques and equipment to the fully developed Polish winged hussar szabla (saber) and late one with furdament, and then that Polish saber influence on the rest of Europe - Austrian empire, Britain, Prussia, France etc

the film is subtitled in English, and it is not a bad translation - congrats to the Silkfencing Team.
Jurek Miklaszewski presenting..  more here.

Sebastian Heussler Fechtbuch here - many thanks to the people of the Wiktenauer HEMA Alliance Project! 

Michael  Hundt Fechtbuch here.

enjoy