pernach
Illustration — Pernachs, two of which are shestopyors (right) A pernach (or, piernacz) is a type of flanged mace originating in the 12th century in the region of Kievan Rus' and later widely used throughout Europe. The name comes from the Slavic word перо (pero) meaning feather, referring to a type of mace resembling an arrow with feathering.
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pernach
Солнцев, Фёдор Григорьевич · Древности Российского государства [1] · Public domain
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Illustration — Pernachs, two of which are shestopyors (right) A pernach (or, piernacz) is a type of flanged mace originating in the 12th century in the region of Kievan Rus' and later widely used throughout Europe. The name comes from the Slavic word перо (pero) meaning feather, referring to a type of mace resembling an arrow with feathering.
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Uses against armour and mail
Uses against armour and mail
Among a variety of similar weapons developed in 12th-century Persian- and Turkic-dominated areas, the pernach became pre-eminent, being capable of penetrating plate armour and plate mail.
Ceremonial uses
Ceremonial uses
A pernach or shestoper ("six-feathered") was often carried as a ceremonial mace of rank by certain Eastern European military commanders, including Polish magnates, Ukrainian Cossack colonels and sotniks (cf. centurion).
Symbolic uses
Symbolic uses
In Ukraine, it symbolized the authority of polkovnyks (regional leaders or military officers) unlike another mace, the bulawa, which was associated with the Hetman.
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- 1.Shawn M. Medieval flanged maces. 1993.
- 2.David. Armies of Medieval Russia 750-1250. Osprey Publishing. 33-34. 1999.
- 3.Kaveh. Sassanian elite cavalry AD 224-642. Osprey Publishing. 13. 2005.
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