04-18-2006, 09:41 PM
It's also worth considering that just as Ancient shields did not all have horizontal grips, Medieval shields were apparently not all uniformly using vertical grips. An interesting point when one considers the shape of the 'Viking' Round Shield, perhaps such a shield could have been held in either fashion?
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Yoshida Kenko (1283-1350), Tsurezure-Gusa (1340)
Yoshida Kenko (1283-1350), Tsurezure-Gusa (1340)
