EditorialParade buckler (chimalli), mosaic of feathers on gold-thread, wicker base. Carrying device made of leather. In the center a blue coyote; from his mouth drips the glyph " Water, burning", the pictograph for war. Mexico, Aztec, early 16th. 70 c...
EditorialPsalm 33; performing horse. Luttrell Psalter. England [East Anglia]; circa 1325-1335. [Whole folio] Psalm 33. Border decoration with grotesque. Lower margin; a blue performing horse, with bit and bridle, but no saddle, takes a flying leap and kicks in ...
EditorialKnight Templar in combat uniform, 12th century. He wears a steel helm, white tunic and stockings, carries a sword and buckler. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from "French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days," Massard, ...
EditorialAimery de Guillaume Berard, French knight, condottiere and commander of the Florentine army at the battle of Campaldino, 1289. He wears a helmet, chainmail suit of armour, tunic with fleurs de lys on blue, cuisses and greaves, shoes and spurs. He is ar...
EditorialLouis IX, King of France, in military costume mounted on a white horse (symbol of sovereignty). He wears a helm with grill, suit of iron chainmail, sleeveless tunic and spurs. He holds an escutcheon or buckler and banner with the royal coat of arms, go...
EditorialDuke William IV of Bavaria knocked sideways from his horse during a joust, 16th century. He wears a kettle hat, unique to tourneys of this type. A women with a sieve and a golden W can be seen on his buckler (shield), and a man with sieve and golden I ...
EditorialFrench cavalry knight in armour, 10th to 12th century. He wears a helmet and suit of armour covered with a long red tunic, and holds a buckler (shield) and lance. His horse is caparisoned and plumed. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopo...
EditorialGerman knight in jousting armour, 16th century. This type of armour is particular to Scharfrennen or Feldrennen type jousts. He wears a kettle helmet retained from the 15th century, a bolted-on buckler and vizor protects the left side of the body, whil...
EditorialAimery de Guillaume Berard, French knight, condottiere and commander of the Florentine army at the battle of Campaldino, 1289. He wears a helmet, chainmail suit of armour, tunic with fleurs de lys on blue, cuisses and greaves, shoes and spurs. He is ar...
EditorialMilitary costume of a crusader, 13th century. He wears an iron helmet and chainmail armour, yellow tunic, buckler with white cross on red field, cape lined in ermine, red shoes and gold spurs. From a painting in the Basilica of San Zeno, Verona. Handco...