Medieval Weapons and Men At Arms.

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Originally Posted by Ibrahiim al Balooshi

Jousting continued ...

From Wikepedia Quote" Jousting is a martial game or hastilude between two horsemen wielding weapons of joust with blunted tips, often as part of a tournament...

The term is derived from Old French joster, ultimately from Latin iuxtare "to approach, to meet"...

If i may Ibrahiim ... a little home made adjustment:
Looking into Portuguese dictionary there are two separate aceptations for the term justa (joust). One is Provençal (Occitan) josta, meaning in fact confrontation, namely middle age tournaments, in which combats between two men armed with a lance took place. The other is Latin juxta, meaning just, no more no less, the right measure, from which taking it as a prefix means by side, together with.
Not much of a differene, anyhow.
Herewith a few lance heads used in these combats, pictured at the Metropolitan Museum.


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And a few years ago from the Philadelphia Museum i brought the following pictures, those associated with knigths tournaments.


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And here is a magnificent collection of tournament shields (pavises) at the Metro, posted by member Andi:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=pavise
(Scroll down the thread for uploaded images).