Memorizing this for acting class
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And now I present knights and warfare from the 13th century from the Morgan Picture Bible (MS M.638), completed in the 1240s.
All pictures are from the Morgan Library and Museum website (themorgan.org).










The progression of the Knight. It’s hard not to admire the intricacy of this armor. It’s easy to see that these men were practically walking tanks on the battlefield.
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Gosh I stayed up til 5am once reading about the stages of plate armour dressing with modern demonstrations from armourers and how exactly you have the weight distributed and the padded underclothes and jajfkabdksb boners
Hello, reference.
Arthur and Mordred by N.C Wyeth
View Larger Image of knight praying on 14th century stained glass window, Kreuzenstein Armory, Kreuzenstein, Austria.
View Larger Rohirrim helm created by WETA Workshop for LOTR. This helmet and vambrace was hand forged, complete with the traditional Horse motif of Rohan. Incredible.
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A steel helmet dating to the time of Joan of Arc in the 1400s is shown in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, January 1939
I don’t understand why the met doesn’t show these pieces