Subject: husitský Hussite
Culture: Czech
Setting: Hussite wars, Bohemia/Germany 15thc
Object: shield
Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor *
"Shield (Pavise) Wood, leather, gesso, polychromy
Possibly Bohemian, about 1475-1500
The heraldic lion, representing an unidentified coat of arms,
originally stood in low relief by means of molded paper (now lost) glued to the surface.
Quatrefoils at each corner were similarly decorated in this unusual technique." ...
