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11th April 2009, 05:36 PM
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More sources of illustration
Thank you so much, Jim 'Z'
 ,Your comment has inspired me to post some more historic sources of illustration on early Landsknecht swords. Michael |
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11th April 2009, 05:41 PM
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11th April 2009, 05:45 PM
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Thanks so much Michael!!! This information is really great....so far beyond the material I have at hand here.
I couldnt resist the Z  .....one of my favorite scenes in "Zorro, the Gay Blade" was when the peasantry asked the mysterious masked swordsman who he was......he dashingly swishes a Z deftly into a tree trunk......and the crowd obliviously ask........'two???'.........in maddened frustration he bellows, no!!!! not two!!! eet ees a zee!!! for I am zorro!!! and stomps off. Now I'm really off topic !!!! Back to the katzbalgers!!!! please keep it going guys OK? All the best, Jim |
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11th April 2009, 08:28 PM
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12th April 2009, 08:47 AM
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12th April 2009, 08:59 AM
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6th June 2009, 04:53 PM
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The Marriage Bowl of Peine, Lower Saxony, Dated 1534
This finely painted limewood bowl depicts secenes from the Hildesheim Feud of 1522. It is preserved at the Herzog-Anton-Ulrich-Museum in Brunswick.
Please note the representations of Landsknecht swords and early firearms. Michael |
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7th June 2009, 03:09 PM
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7th June 2009, 03:26 PM
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Thanks for posting these, Cornelis!
What book are they taken from? Michael |
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ARMA, historia visual de armas y armaduras isbn 978-84-205-5413-6 (not very special but very nice big pictures of beautiful arms.) best regards |
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7th June 2009, 05:44 PM
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Fantastabulous, Cornelis!
That extremely fine Swabian or Swiss Landsknecht sword, ca. 1500, came of course from the world famous Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick Collection at Goodrich Court, Herefordshire, and is illustrated in the 1830 Skelton catalog. It was acquired by the Met and deaccessioned of again at Christie's, Nov. 22-23, 1960, because the then Met staff rated it a forgery - would you believe that! It was not even illustrated in Christie's sales catalog and went to the Tower relatively cheap. It is only life that creates stories like that ...  I am not sure wheter it is on display in the Tower or the Royal Armouriers Leeds today. Btw, two fine pieces from the former Meyrick collection are in mine now: the four barrel Landsknecht mace, ca. 1540, posted here earlier, and an English Civil War matchlock musket, dated 1640. Best wishes, Michael Last edited by Matchlock; 7th June 2009 at 06:28 PM. |
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