[Artemisia] Observations of West Kingdom Video (was: Question for Kurtis/...

[SirMLL at aol.com]

I believe the fighter is the same person, just from different angles;  
William the Lucky.  He does have bars over the eyes, just not in very good  
shape; some folks made them of lighter metal than was prudent, and they tended  
to get bent a lot during the day.  Good mail was not impossible to obtain,  
just rare.  Also in the video, that I recognize easily, are Paul of  
Bellatrix and Duke Aonghis (the infamous one).   A fun film to watch;  how we ever 
lived through it with that average level of protection (and the  West was 
better than most) is a mystery.
 
 
In a message dated 11/17/2011 3:04:15 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
tamar at coteduciel.org writes:

The  fighter at about 4:21 appears to have an unusually open-faced helm 
(as in,  no protective bars over the eyes.) I couldn't tell if it was due 
to the  film being grainy, or if the bars really weren't there.

The fighter at  9:30 is wearing chain mail! I didn't think chain mail was 
manageable in  the early days. It must have been really, really, heavy.  :-)

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