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Lombards in a 10th Century Exultet Beneventano
The full image of the Lombard Exultet Beneventano.
Lombards in chainmail hauberk with round shield with guige and spear.
From a 985-987AD Exultet Beneventano Ms. Vat. Lat. 9820 now preserved in the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Vatican Library). Source
Referenced on p.51, Carolingian Cavalryman AD 768-986 by D. Nicolle
An Exultet Roll was a form of large manuscript largely limited to southern Italy. This example from the 980s illustrates ‘The Army of the Emperor’. (Exultet Roll from San Vincenzo al Volturno, Vatican Library, Ms. Lat. 9820, Rome, Italy)
Referenced on p.22, Italian Medieval Armies 1000-1300 by David Nicolle
'The Army of the Emperor' in an Exultet Roll manuscript from San Vincenzo al Volturno, made between AD 981 and 987. In addition to short-hemmed mail hauberks, these soldiers have large or small round shields and spears but no apparent swords. Their helmets also seem to include very old-fashioned cheek-pieces. (Ms. Lat. 9820, f.19, Vatican Library, Rome)