VÕ-TRẬN ĐẠI-VIỆT - DISCUSSION

DISCUSSION

V.
THE ARMOURS
鎧甲

C - Discussion about the War Horse Armour

The Caparison

On the medieval battlefields, the War Horses protection is an essential fact ; that why, since the old times, as soon as the Armour for Warriors was studied, immediatly, the Armour for War Horses was thought, that is the Caparison.

The Poetic Wink at the Medeval Caparison.
(Trans-Historic Parade - Toulouse, France 2012)

(Photo Credit : Tia Calli Borlase)

The Poetic Wink at the Medeval Caparison.

(Photo Credit : jeuxonline.info)

Heavy Armoured Cavalry of Belisarius Generalissimo
from Byzantine Empire
Central Europe - 6th century

Sassanid Warrior in Armour on his Caparisoned Horse
Persia - 3rd~7th centuries
(Historic Re-Enactment)

Chinese Warriors in Armour on their Caparisoned Horses
TANG Dynasty - (618-690 & 705-907)
China - Circa 7th~10th centuries

(Photo Credit : Dragon's.Armory Blogger)

Chinese Warrior in Armour on his Caparisoned Horse
SONG Dynasty - (960-1279).
China - Circa 10th~13th centuries

Mongol Warrior in Armour on his Caparisoned Horse
Middle-East - 13th century.

Mongol Heavy Armoured Cavalry
with Helmet holding Metal Mask.
Middle-East - 13th century.

However this drawing is inaccurate
as for the War Mace and the Plume of the Crest.

(Photo Credit : Defence.PK)

Heavy Armoured Cavalry from TRẦN Dynasty
with Helmet holding Metal Mask.
Đại-Việt - 13th century.

However this drawing is inaccurate as for the Spear Blade
as well as the Armour and the Caparison.

(Photo Credit : Nguyễn-Ngọc Phương-Đông)