The disappearance of the ram at the end of antiquity

[Endre Fodstad]

Very interesting, Cole, especially the link to the Michael of Rhodes exhibition. The medieval ram is also mentioned in north european sources; the king's mirror (c.1250) mentions the "prow-boar" amongst its list of useful (and often fancifuL) weapons for shipboard-fighting:

http://www.mediumaevum.com/75years/mirr ... tml#XXXVII