Guieges? geuiges? Those shouler strapped shield things

Murdock · Post by **Murdock** » Thu May 11, 2006 12:06 pm

How late were guieges (sp?) used on shields.

Were they detachable and were they buckled in the middle or was it a solid strap?

justus · Post by **justus** » Thu May 11, 2006 5:07 pm

As long as people used shields.

Probably all three, but I doubt too many were detachable.

Look for art and effigies from the period your looking at, you'll find some examples pretty easily.

-Justus

justus · Post by **justus** » Thu May 11, 2006 5:22 pm

good into here as well

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... highlight=

Murdock · Post by **Murdock** » Thu May 11, 2006 5:23 pm

been looking find lots of front views

very few back views

The few iconographical views of shields i do find have very little detail.

Cet · Post by **Cet** » Thu May 11, 2006 9:34 pm

Most, if not all, of the back views I've seen from the 14th century suggest permanant attachment of the guige. I don't think i have any in scanned in unfortunaly

Mine will ahve a fixed attatchment.

I got those rings in by the way. PM or e-mail me when you get a chance.

Konstantin the Red · Post by **Konstantin the Red** » Mon May 15, 2006 1:32 am

Check Bobby de Shurland's effigy in Orkney. He shows at least two buckles on straps behind his shield and at least one of these straps is a guige. Guiges generally need to be adjustable, and if they aren't sufficiently adjustable, there's going to be some buckles added.