What weapon was this? Was it effective or was the dude just a

Internet says it's a "lantern shield", not really used for combat but rather in fencing duels or just to protect yourself from criminals when walking at night in the streets.

But the article starts with "After the Dark Ages the world was thrust into a two hundred year period of incredible creativity and growth called “The Renaissance” ", so not too sure about how much credit I should give

It looks just like an oversized shoulder guard to me

>>1824469
Indian shield + Pata combination
You can tell from the armor and helm style its probably a sketch of an emgagement between hindus

The Hindus have been know to make some fun and interesting weapons

>>1824521
It's called a "Tapч", translated to Tarche

the russian wiki page on it only says that sometimes it was man-sized and was mainly used in siege defenses as it rendered the user less mobile.

>you never punch people with your shield AND sword