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 Докато излиза.. [re: Йoaн_Mизийckи] |
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Tyлca () |
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| Публикувано | 14.11.06 02:02 |
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Sohrab and Gordafarid
"...Gordafarid, as she was turning in her saddle, drew a sharp blade from her waist,
Struck at his lance, and parted it in two." -- from the Shahname of Abol-Qasem Ferdowsi
The writer describes both heroes as putting on a horseman's coat of maile (which I have read to mean a long coat). Gordafarid (on the right) wore a Roman helmet (which I interpreted as a reference to a late Roman cavalry helmet of Romano-Sassanian design), while Sohrab wore a Chinese one (in my interpretation, a pear shaped helmet with lamellar neck defense --
a Central or East Asian design found
....as far West as Germany
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