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Model of a medieval crossbowman using a pavise shield. It is decorated with Bartolomeo Vivarini's St. Martin and the Beggar.. A pavise (or pavis, pabys, or pavesen) was an oblong shield used during the mid-14th to early 16th centuries.
Pavis may refer to: Pavise, a mediaeval shield; Pavis: Threshold to Danger, a tabletop role-playing game; Patrice Pavis (born 1947), British academic; Yvonne Pavis (1890–?), English actress and writer
The main armament of the Genoese crossbowmen was the crossbow, made in Genoa by the Balistrai Corporation. As well, the mercenaries were equipped with a dagger, a light metal helmet, a gorget, a hauberk and a large shield, called a pavese , which was used while reloading the crossbow. The usual team consisted of a crossbowman and two assistants ...
A senior FEMA official instructed subordinates to freeze funding for grant programs, hours after a judge ordered the Trump administration to stop such pauses.
2. The Blue Jays will trade Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and/or Bo Bichette. At one point, the Blue Jays were a young, hungry team looking like they were next up to dominate the American League.
A model of a Hussite warrior behind a Pavise shield, carrying a píšťala on his arm. First anti-Hussite crusade
On a chilly day, there’s nothing more comforting than curling up under a cozy blanket with a warm cup of tea. But tea offers much more than just comfort and hydration in cold weather.
A model of a Hussite warrior behind a Pavise shield, carrying a píšťala on his arm. One theory of how gunpowder came to Europe is via the Silk Road; another holds that it arrived during the Mongol invasion in the first half of the 13th century.