Medieval Arms and Armor: A Pictorial Archive (Dover Pictorial Archive)

A well known nineteenth-century cultural historian and professional at the Center A long time, J. H. Hefner-Alteneck spent a lot of his existence gazing the affect of artwork on many facets of human existence, together with weaponry. His illustrations for this good-looking archive — drawn with implausible exactitude — depict a big selection of medieval guns and armor relationship from the early 9th century to the mid-1700s.
Adapted basically from ornamental ornamentation on burial monuments and manuscripts, masses of finely finished pictures depict unique shields, swords, crossbows, helmets, and extremely ornate fits of frame armor for knights and their steeds. Newly translated descriptive notes, extracted from the unique German textual content, determine the topics.
First revealed greater than 100 years in the past, this meticulously rendered have a look at continues to be a useful supply of permission-unfastened illustrations for artists and architects and an necessary reference for students, creditors, and hobbyists.