Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

References for Arms and Armor

Metropolitan Museum Publications

Domínguez Ortiz, Antonio, Concha Herrero Carretero, and José A. Godoy. Resplendence of the Spanish Monarchy: Renaissance Tapestries and Armor from the Patrimonio Nacional. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1991.

LaRocca, Donald J. The Academy of the Sword: Illustrated Fencing Books, 1500–1800. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998.

LaRocca, Donald J. The Gods of War: Sacred Imagery and the Decoration of Arms and Armor. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996.

LaRocca, Donald J. Warriors of the Himalayas: Rediscovering the Arms and Armor of Tibet. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2006.

Nickel, Helmut. Arms and Armor from the Permanent Collection. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1991.

Nickel, Helmut, Stuart W. Pyhrr, and Leonid Tarassuk. The Art of Chivalry: European Arms and Armor from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat. New York: American Federation of Arts, 1982.

Pyhrr, Stuart W. Arms & Armor: Essays by Stephen V. Grancsay from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, 1920–1964. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986.

Pyhrr, Stuart W. European Helmets, 1450–1650: Treasures from the Reserve Collection. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000.

Pyhrr, Stuart W., Donald J. LaRocca, and Dirk H. Breiding. The Armored Horse in Europe, 1480—1620. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005.

Pyhrr, Stuart W., Donald J. LaRocca, and Morihiro Ogawa. Arms and Armor, Notable Acquisitions 1991–2002. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2002.

Pyhrr, Stuart W., and José A. Godoy. Heroic Armor of the Italian Renaissance: Filippo Negroli and His Contemporaries. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998.


Further Reading

Blackmore, Howard L. Hunting Weapons. New York: Walker, 1971.

Blair, Claude. European & American Arms, c. 1100–1850. New York: Crown, 1962.

Blair, Claude. European Armor, Circa 1066 to Circa 1700. London: Batsford, 1958.

Edge, David, and John Miles Paddock. Arms & Armor of the Medieval Knight. New York: Crescent Books, 1988.

Gamber, Ortwin, et al. Glossarium armorum. Arma defensiva. Graz: Akademische Druck-u. Verlagsanstalt, 1972.

Hayward, J. F. The Art of the Gunmaker. 2 vols. London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1962–63.

Jones, David E. Native North American Armor, Shields, and Fortifications. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2004.

Laking, Guy Francis. A Record of European Armour and Arms Through Seven Centuries. 5 vols. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1920–22.

Mann, James. European Arms and Armour. 2 vols. London: W. Clowes, 1962.

Nickel, Helmut. Arms and Armor in Africa. New York: Atheneum, 1971.

Norman, A. V. B. The Rapier and Small-Sword, 1460–1820. New York: Arno, 1980.

Oakeshott, R. Ewart. The Sword in the Age of Chivalry. London: Lutterworth Press, 1964.

Peterson, Harold L. Arms and Armor in Colonial America, 1526–1783. Harrisburg, Pa.: Stackpole, 1956.

Pfaffenbichler, Matthias. Armourers. London: British Museum Press, 1992.

Robinson, H. Russell. Oriental Armour. London: Jenkins, 1967.

Spring, Christopher. African Arms and Armor. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993.

Stone, George Cameron. A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration, and Use of Arms and Armor: In All Countries and in All Times. Portland, Me.: Southworth Press, 1934.

Tarassuk, Leonid, and Claude Blair, eds. The Complete Encyclopedia of Arms & Weapons. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1982.

Taylor, Colin F. Native American Weapons. London: Salamander, 2001.


Scholarly Journals Devoted to the Study of Arms and Armor

Arms & Armour (formerly Royal Armouries Yearbook). Leeds, UK: Royal Armouries, 1996–.

Gladius. Madrid: Instituto de Estudios sobre Armas Antiguas, 1961–.

Journal of the Armour Research Society (formerly Journal of the Mail Research Society). McHenry, Ill.: Armour Research Society, 2005–.

Journal of the Arms & Armour Society. London: Arms & Armour Society, 1953–.

Livrustkammaren. Stockholm: Royal Armoury, 1937–.

Waffen- und Kostümkunde (formerly Zeitschrift für Waffenkunde, Zeitschrift für Waffen- und Kostümkunde). Berlin: Gesellschaft für Waffen- und Kostümkunde, 1959–.