Libro di Montaperti

• Author: The Commune of Florence
• Place of Composition: Florence
• Date of Composition: 11 March 1260? (editor's suggestion page 369)
• Source of Text: Cesare Paoli, ed., Il Libro di Montaperti (an. 1260) (Florence: G.P. Vieusseux, 1889) columns 373, 374 https://archive.org/details/illibrodimontape00libruoft/
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... this text has only been lightly proofread ... David Nicolle among others has cited it over the years for its arms and armour terms.

Item, quod quilibet habens equum pro Communi Florentie, tam civitatis quam comitatus Florentie, teneatur et debeat portare et habere in presenti exercitu sellam ad destrarium, covertas equi, panzeriam (start of page 374) sive asbergum, caligas sive stivalettos de ferro, cappellum de acciario, lamerias vel coraczas, lanceam, scutum sive targiam vai tabolaccium amplam. Et quicumque contrafecerit et ita non portaverit et habuerit in exercitu dicta arma, ut dictum est, puniatur et condempnetur, de sella in soldis viginti florinoram parvorum, de covertis in soldis sexsaginta, de panzeria sive asbergo in soldis centum, de caligis sive stivalettis de ferro in soldis viginti, de cappello acciarii in soldis viginti, de lameriis sive coraczis in soldis viginti, de lancea in soldis viginti, de scuto sive targia seu tavolaccio in soldis viginti florinorum parvorum. Item, quilibet pedes civitatis Florentie teneatur et debeat portare et habere in presenti exercitu panzeriam sive corictum cura manicis ferreis, aut manicos ferreos cum coraczinis, cappellum de acciario vel cervelleria, gorgieriam sive collare de ferro, lanceam, scutum sive tabolaccium magnum. Et quicumque contra fecerit et non portaverit et habuerit in exercitu dicta arma, ut dictum est, puniatur et condempnetur, de panzeria sive coricto cum manicis sive de manicis cum coraczinis in soldis viginti florinorum parvorum, de cappello sive cervelleria in soldis decem, de gorgieria sive collare in soldis decem, de lancea in soldis decem, de scuto sive tabolaccio in soldis decem florinorum parvorum. Item, omnes balistarii et arcatores civitatis et comitatus Florentie teneantur et debeant portare et habere in presenti exercitu ea arma omnia que requiruntur et necessaria eis sunt, sub pena quam Potestas vellet auferre.

Arms and armour in this text include coverture for a horse, hauberk, stivaletti or hose of iron, steel cap, lamers (lameriae) or corazzas, lance, shield, targe, tabolaccio, panzer, corset with iron sleeves, corrazina with iron sleeves, cervelliere, gorget, collar. The lamers and tabolaccio (= tavolaccio "bunk, bench") seem to be terms specific to Italy (eg. gassmann-societates-armatae, settia-comuni-in-guerra, and the Bolognese law in Historical Fencing Bibliography > Legal Context (Primary)) although Roger de Mortimer, Earl of March owned two pairs of lamers in 1322, and the English Great Wardrobe accounts of the fourteenth century mention targets and taluas or talnas. The rest of the text mentions pavisarii and pavenses (pavises, see index p. 401).

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