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The unhorsed man’s left knee and right boot press into the battlefield turf. One captor’s closed hand grips the captive’s belt over his left hip; the other captor’s closed hand grips the riderless horse’s reins. Each mounted companion sits inside a strapped saddle with boots seated in stirrups and reins held taut. All weight-bearing horse hooves touch churned turf; the riderless horse stands immediately behind the kneeling man. Each blocker holds a spear with two closed hands, and the spear shafts cross the open escape paths rather than intersecting bodies. The four Ottoman soldiers occupy both sides of the three French-Burgundian men, forming a readable encirclement. The adults are approximately 1.7 m tall beside horses standing about 1.5 m at the withers; the blocking spears are approximately 2.5 m long. It is 25 September 1396: French-Burgundian late-fourteenth-century plate components over mail with individually faded surcoats; Ottoman mail, lamellar and quilted coats with varied helmets and closed gloves.; Forged iron and steel, riveted mail, leather tack, wool, linen padding, timber spear shafts and trampled turf.; Period saddles, bridles, stirrups, swords and hand-held spears; armor and horse tack use late-fourteenth-century construction.", "style_description": {"aesthetics": "Tense, compressed battlefield defeat.. 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