Osprey book pic needed ..french armies 1100 to 1300?``

Marius Brittanicus · Post by **Marius Brittanicus** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:04 pm

There is a pic of Charles the Fat on his horse...if I remember right..if anyone can load it up I would appreciate it..been looking all over the net.

Halvgrimr · Post by **Halvgrimr** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:53 pm

[img]http://norstead.org/temp/frenchosprey.JPG[/img]

I can send you a larger image if you need it

Andeerz · Post by **Andeerz** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 4:14 pm

I <3 a lot of the art from the Osprey books... which artist did this one?

Galfrid atte grene · Post by **Galfrid atte grene** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 4:33 pm

Does anyone know what the third reference for that drawing is? The first is a sword in a private collection, the second is Geoffrey Plantagenet's enameled tomb, and the third is "carved tympanum, c. 1125, in situ Cathedral, AngoulÃªme". This third reference is presumably the inspiration for the armour in the drawing.

Halvgrimr · Post by **Halvgrimr** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:56 pm

I have alot of the Osprey books on pdf (on a dvd)
This is where I got this image
The info is at work (I am at home now) but I can send it along tomorrow if someone doesnt send it before then.

Halv

William Lee · Post by **William Lee** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:58 pm

Andeerz wrote:I <3 a lot of the art from the Osprey books... which artist did this one?

The late Angus McBride.

Randy W · Post by **Randy W** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:59 pm

Halvgrimr wrote:I have alot of the Osprey books on pdf (on a dvd)
This is where I got this image
The info is at work (I am at home now) but I can send it along tomorrow if someone doesnt send it before then.

Halv

Where did you purchase the DVD? That would be much better tham all the books for limited space

Halvgrimr · Post by **Halvgrimr** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 6:05 pm

Randy W wrote:
Halvgrimr wrote:I have alot of the Osprey books on pdf (on a dvd)
This is where I got this image
The info is at work (I am at home now) but I can send it along tomorrow if someone doesnt send it before then.

Halv

Where did you purchase the DVD? That would be much better tham all the books for limited space

Ima plead the 5th on that one:)
MUCH of my library is digital:)
While it is somewhat out of date (ie needs updating horribly) you can see that it is quite large

http://web.missouri.edu/~rls555/pubs_i_have.htm

Halvgrimr · Post by **Halvgrimr** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:22 am

Galfrid atte grene wrote:Does anyone know what the third reference for that drawing is? The first is a sword in a private collection, the second is Geoffrey Plantagenet's enameled tomb, and the third is "carved tympanum, c. 1125, in situ Cathedral, AngoulÃªme". This third reference is presumably the inspiration for the armour in the drawing.

Here is the exact reference to that plate:

[img]http://norstead.org/temp/untitled.JPG[/img]

I spent 30-40 mins googling "carved tympanum cathedral Angouleme" (and even added c 1125 at onepoint) but the truth is there are so many carved tympanum in the cathedral that the reference above is almost useless without more information (like the location in the cathedral:)

Sorry I dont have more but this is waaaay out of my area of knowledge.

Galfrid atte grene · Post by **Galfrid atte grene** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:28 pm

Yeah, I just copied the text of the third reference straight from the plate notes. I had the same problem as you, sadly - the AngoulÃªme Cathedral is apparently full of these things, and none that I saw corresponded to the drawing.