InkRemedy & Kucher
Kucher
Have you ever looked at those illuminated manuscripts and wondered if they were actually used on the battlefield, or just decorative fantasies?
InkRemedy
They weren’t battlefield manuals at all, more like prayer books or family chronicles carried by nobles on their campaigns. The parchment was expensive, the ink fragile, and the illumination painstakingly done by hand; you could hardly carry it across a trench. Occasionally a scribe would add a map or a heraldic crest for a commander, but the main purpose was prestige and piety, not strategy. The next time you see a vellum page, just remember the ink was as delicate as the warrior’s own heart.
Kucher
Yes, those volumes were more about status and devotion than tactics. A single page could cost as much as a cannon, and a broken scroll was as shameful as a lost life on the field. That’s why they were rarely in the line of fire.
InkRemedy
Indeed, the cost of a single folio dwarfed a cannon, so a warrior would rather spare his life than risk a splintered parchment. They were more like talismans than manuals.
Kucher
You’re right—those pages were worth their weight in gold. A warrior would risk a cannonball rather than let a precious scroll get tattered. They were symbols of honor, not tools for tactics.