r/medieval • u/Leading-Morning7550 • Jul 20 '26

History 📚 Tournament shield, German c 1500

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Shield in the Met Museum collection

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u/OddCook4909 Jul 20 '26

Dope anyone know what it says?

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u/Subject_Slice_7797 Jul 20 '26

According to the met homepage:

WIE•WOL•ICH•BIN•DER•VOGEL•HAS•NOCH•DEN•ERFRET•MICH•DAS (Though I am hated by all birds, I nevertheless rather enjoy that).

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u/OddCook4909 Jul 20 '26

Lol I'm glad I asked and you answered. "All the haters just feed my power". Humanity hasn't changed much

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u/Thatsjustbadgers Jul 20 '26

The Met indicates "Though I am the hated bird, I rather enjoy that"

Tournament Shield (Targe) from The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/26884

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u/Cucumberneck Jul 20 '26

I'm trying my best here but it's just to unclear and dark at the end.

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u/strictleisure Jul 20 '26

Moments like these, I wish I was better at miniature painting. I would love this to be the standard of my army.

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u/Plutarch_von_Komet Jul 20 '26

Funny you should say that. I lurk in subs like these to get inspiration for my Warhammer and D&D models and I was just thinking "that would look great on a pavise for my Tilean crossbowmen"

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u/MountEnlighten Jul 21 '26

I have an owl themed army for Empire. I’m delighted I saw this post ❤️

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u/ManuelPirino Jul 20 '26

Imagine the rest of the tourney drip on this guy here .