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rand · 30th March 2009, 03:41 PM

Hey Jim,

The floral motifs used in an arms decoration have always held an interest to me. It may be that just as States in the USA all have state flowers the same analogy may hold to different regions in the world in times past. For example the Tulip to Turkey and the Rose to the Caucasus, the intrinsic power of that iconic image is likely under valued.

Elgood is certainly in my minds eye the premiere current author on Islamic arms because of his thorough research and use of multi references to explain his reason for time period and origen. He has made a few mistakes in earlier volumes, the door boss's that were throrized as bucklers in "Islamic Arms and Armor" is one I am sure he would like to be able to rewrite. But it just show that a book is in reality an authors theory and it needs to hold up to criticism over time to really become valid. All to often we see something published with little thought or thorough research.

rand

30th March 2009, 03:41 PM	#7
rand Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 539	Hey Jim, The floral motifs used in an arms decoration have always held an interest to me. It may be that just as States in the USA all have state flowers the same analogy may hold to different regions in the world in times past. For example the Tulip to Turkey and the Rose to the Caucasus, the intrinsic power of that iconic image is likely under valued. Elgood is certainly in my minds eye the premiere current author on Islamic arms because of his thorough research and use of multi references to explain his reason for time period and origen. He has made a few mistakes in earlier volumes, the door boss's that were throrized as bucklers in "Islamic Arms and Armor" is one I am sure he would like to be able to rewrite. But it just show that a book is in reality an authors theory and it needs to hold up to criticism over time to really become valid. All to often we see something published with little thought or thorough research. rand Last edited by rand; 30th March 2009 at 03:55 PM.