Drawing the armour, the heraldry and the dress of the participants on both the Scottish and English side at the Battle of Bannockburn, 23-24 June 1314, was a research and artistic project which took the Italian artist Marco Trecalli several years. He examined sources such as the chronicles of Thomas Gray, the Holkham Bible, English funeral monuments and a wide variety of heraldic works, in order to draw and illustrate the warriors at Bannockburn. His exhibition, The Men of Bannockburn, was central to the Stirling Smith Italy season, 15 July – 13 September 2009.
Born in 1974, Marco Trecalli has a Masters degree in Architecture and is employed as a graphic artist by the Italian Ministry of Defence. He is one of the most important experts and reconstructive artists working in the fields of military uniforms and equipment in the 13th and 14th centuries.
Remember Bannockburn! 
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