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Arms and Armor Permanent Collection the Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin v 49 No 1 Summer 1991
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN | VOLUME 49 | NUMBER 1
"Arms and Armor from the Permanent Collection"
Nickel, Helmut
1991
64 pages
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Helmut Nickel
Met Art in Publication
The House Beautiful, Essays on Beds and Tables, Stools and Candlesticks
Clarence Cook
1878
Shield Boss
late 4th century
Two Shield Bosses (Umbos)
7th century
Viking Sword
10th century
Ornamental Plaque of a Knight on Horseback
ca. 1300
Rowel Spur
ca. 1400
Curb Bit
second quarter 14th century
Sword
ca. 1400
Armor
ca. 1400–1450 and later
Sallet of Emperor Maximilian I (1459–1519)
Lorenz Helmschmid
ca. 1490–95
War Hat
ca. 1475
Jousting Sallet (
Rennhut
) Made for Louis II (1506–1526), King of Hungary and Bohemia
Kolman Helmschmid
ca. 1525
Elements of an Italian Light-Cavalry Armor
alla Tedesca
(in the German Fashion)
ca. 1510
Pair of Vambraces (Arm Defenses) from a Costume Armor
Kolman Helmschmid
ca. 1525
Armor from a Small Garniture for Field and Tournament
Kunz Lochner
dated 1548, with later restorations
Helm for the Joust of Peace (
Stechhelm
)
ca. 1500
Portions of a Jousting Half Armor
ca. 1500 and later
Pair of Tournament Pauldrons (Shoulder Defenses)
Lorenz Helmschmid
ca. 1500
Tournament or Cavalry Shield (Targe)
early 15th century
Armor Garniture, Probably of King Henry VIII of England (reigned 1509–47)
Hans Holbein the Younger
dated 1527
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