tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1007632461892109454.post7697006166801786810..comments2024-01-29T08:21:19.450+03:00Comments on Oderint Dum Probent: Polish Cossacks by Roelant Savery, 1614Gromoboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14513137327707308631noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1007632461892109454.post-4514701004077291262012-03-07T15:41:33.145+04:002012-03-07T15:41:33.145+04:00Not sure why You think he might be porucznik at al...Not sure why You think he might be porucznik at all? Officers do not use kopia lance (in husaria) or rohatyna (in other cavalry units) so he cannot be one of them.Kadrinazihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04790146874809445505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1007632461892109454.post-33153750995388695352012-03-06T19:39:50.598+04:002012-03-06T19:39:50.598+04:00You are right that "Pancerni" is wrong. ...You are right that "Pancerni" is wrong. That time they were called "Cossacks". I've changed the post's name. <br />I assume that the right horseman could be a Cossack or Cossack porucznik. I believe that there were no any strict rules in Cossack's equipment that time. So, a porucznik could wore a helmet used by husariaGromoboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14513137327707308631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1007632461892109454.post-70428703158218590862012-03-05T20:56:28.402+04:002012-03-05T20:56:28.402+04:00I wrote about that painting on my blog as well:
ht...I wrote about that painting on my blog as well:<br />http://kadrinazi.blogspot.com/2010/07/malarze-znani-i-nieznani-cz-ii.html<br />These horsemen of course cannot be pancerni, as this formation didn't exist in time when painting was made. If they're Poles indeed (not Hungarians for example) it would be rather mix of cossacks and husaria (one on right)Kadrinazihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04790146874809445505noreply@blogger.com