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Wider Wargaming => Genre/Period Discussion => Ancients to Renaissance (3000BC - 1680) => Topic started by: Druzhina on 09 July 2018, 06:36:55 AM

Title: Illustrations of Hussite soldiers, wagons and standards
Post by: Druzhina on 09 July 2018, 06:36:55 AM
Germans fighting Hussites in Sammelhandschrift zur Kriegskunst after Johannes Hartlieb. Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek Cod. 3062 Han (http://warfare.tk/15/Hussite-Sammelhandschrift_zur_Kriegskunst-147v-lg.htm)
. Hussite handgunners in Armies of the Middle Ages, Volume 2 by Ian Heath, based on the Johannes Hartlieb: 'Kriegsbuch' miniature (http://warfare.tk/WRG/Middle_Ages_2-125-Hussite_handgunner.htm)
. A Hussite pavise in Armies of the Middle Ages, Volume 2 by Ian Heath, based on the Johannes Hartlieb: 'Kriegsbuch' miniature (http://warfare.tk/WRG/Middle_Ages_2-123-4-Hussite_Wagon_Soldiers.htm)
Hussite Wagon Fortress in Sammelhandschrift zur Kriegskunst, 1437, Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek Cod. 3062 Han (http://warfare.tk/15/Hussite-Sammelhandschrift_zur_Kriegskunst-148r-lg.htm)
. A Hussite War-Wagon c.1430 in Armies of the Middle Ages, Volume 2 by Ian Heath (http://warfare.tk/WRG/Middle_Ages_2-130-Hussite_War-Wagon_c1430.htm)
Jan Zizka leading his troops, Göttingen Codex, Hussite, late 15th century Bohemia (http://warfare.tk/15/Hussite-Gottingen_codex-Zizka_leading_his_troops.htm)
. An Utraquist Priest in Armies of the Middle Ages, Volume 2 by Ian Heath, based on an illumination of Jan Zizka leading his troops (http://warfare.tk/WRG/Middle_Ages_2-128-Utraquist_Priest.htm)
Hussite crossbowmen portrayed on a stove tile, 15th century Bohemia (http://warfare.tk/15/Hussite-Stove_tile-1-dt.htm)
Other Hussite soldiers portrayed on stove tiles, 15th century Bohemia (http://warfare.tk/15/Hussite-Stove_tiles.htm)
Caricature of a Taborite brethren with a studded flail, Hussite, 15th century Bohemia (http://warfare.tk/15/Hussite-Taborite_brethren-ms_195.htm)
. Hussite Wagon Soldiers in Armies of the Middle Ages, Volume 2 by Ian Heath, based on a stove tile and Taborite brethren (http://warfare.tk/WRG/Middle_Ages_2-123-4-Hussite_Wagon_Soldiers.htm)
A Hussite War Wagon, circa 1445-50, in Das Buch von Kaiser (http://warfare.tk/15/Das_Buch_von_Kaiser_140r.htm)

(http://warfare.meximas.com/16/th/Hussite-Jena_Codex-Jan_Zizka_leading_his_troops_th.jpg)
Battle of Domazlice, 1431, Jena Codex, Hussite, early 16th century Bohemia (http://warfare.tk/16/Hussite-Jena_Codex-Battle_of_Domazlice_1431.htm)
Hussite Baggage Wagons, Jena Codex (http://warfare.tk/16/Hussite-Jena_Codex-Wagons-lg.htm)
Jan Zizka leading his troops, Jena Codex, Hussite (http://warfare.tk/16/Hussite-Jena_Codex-Jan_Zizka_leading_his_troops.htm)
. An Utraquist Priest in Armies of the Middle Ages, Volume 2 by Ian Heath, based on an illumination of Jan Zizka leading his troops (http://warfare.tk/WRG/Middle_Ages_2-128-Utraquist_Priest.htm)
Jan Zizka leading his troops, Jena Codex, Hussite, early 16th century Bohemia (http://warfare.tk/16/Hussite-Jena_Codex-Jan_Zizka_leading_his_troops.htm)

. Hussite Flags in Armies of the Middle Ages, Volume 2 by Ian Heath (http://warfare.tk/WRG/Middle_Ages_2-129-Hussite_Flags.htm) from various illuminations.


Was the goose drinking from the chalice first (or only) used by their opponents as a derogatory emblem? Was it adopted by the Hussites? Derogatory slurs have been adopted by groups to defuse them, e.g. Quakers, Shakers, Cherry Bums, Rats of Tobruk, etc.

Mirror Sites
Hussites in Sammelhandschrift zur Kriegskunst after Johannes Hartlieb. Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek Cod. 3062 Han (http://warfare.ga/15/Hussite_wagon_fortress.htm)
Jan Zizka leading his troops, Göttingen Codex, Hussite, late 15th century Bohemia (http://warfare.ga/15/Hussite-Gottingen_codex-Zizka_leading_his_troops.htm)
Hussite soldiers portrayed on a stove tile, 15th century Bohemia (http://warfare.ga/15/Hussite-Stove_tiles.htm)
Caricature of a Taborite brethren with a studded flail, Hussite, 15th century Bohemia (http://warfare.ga/15/Hussite-Taborite_brethren-ms_195.htm)
A Hussite War Wagon, circa 1445-50, in Das Buch von Kaiser (http://warfare.ga/15/Das_Buch_von_Kaiser_140r.htm)
Hussite soldiers in the Jena Codex, early 16th century Bohemia (http://warfare.ga/16/Hussite-Jena_Codex.htm)

Druzhina
15th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare.gq/15C.htm)
Title: Re: Illustrations of Hussite soldiers, wagons and standards
Post by: Techno on 09 July 2018, 08:08:45 AM
Very nice find, D.

I've only had a quick scan, so far....I'll come back and have a better look, a bit later !

Cheers - Phil