EditorialKnights' helms 287-9, chainmail hood worn under the helm 290, shields for knights on horseback 291-293, and shields for knights on foot 294, 295. Taken from Gabriel Daniel's Histoire de la milice francoise, 1721. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from...
EditorialFrankish open winged building 205, a Norman chainmail shirt 206, Norman monk 207, and Norman short tunic 208. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of th...
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...
EditorialKnights' helms 287-9, chainmail hood worn under the helm 290, shields for knights on horseback 291-293, and shields for knights on foot 294, 295. Taken from Gabriel Daniel's Histoire de la milice francoise, 1721. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from...
EditorialFrankish open winged building 205, a Norman chainmail shirt 206, Norman monk 207, and Norman short tunic 208. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of th...
EditorialWarriors and their weapons from the 9th to 11th century. Soldiers in chainmail tunics and helmets, fighting with sword, lance, cudgel, and shield. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico after Giuseppe Bramati from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Mo...
EditorialSoldiers and weapons from the Bayeux Tapestry. Men in plate and chainmail armour armed with mace, lance, sword and shield. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico after Giuseppe Bramati from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the...
EditorialEdward the Black Prince (kneeling) and Joan of Kent 4, Queen Philippa of Hainault with sceptre and crown 3, and King Richard II in chainmail and plate armour 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre and Stanghi from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes An...
EditorialKing Richard the Lionheart, in chainmail armour on horseback with heraldic shield, and Thomas Plantagenet, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, circa 1314, in helm, chainmail armour, tunic and coats of arms. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre and Stanghi f...
EditorialAnglo-Saxon warrior chief in tunic and conical helmet 1, Anglo-Danish soldiers in chainmail armour 2, the knight Sir Hugh Bardulf in chainmail armour 13th century 3, and a Scottish knight with coat of arms 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarr...
EditorialSaxon king in chainmail tunic with double-edged sword and shield, and Anglo-Saxon king of the Heptarchy, 8th century, in leather breastplate standing over a defeated enemy with a cup made from a human skull. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico...
EditorialTwo knights in helmets and chainmail armour tilting with lances on rowboats, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876.
EditorialCavalry battle between crusaders and infidels, 12th century. The crusaders wear chainmail coats and pointed helmets with small crosses. One crusader holds a standard (gonfanon or gonfalon). Taken from Montfaucon and from a stained-glass window in Saint...
EditorialFuneral rites of a bishop, 10th century. The bishop is laid out in a coffin in his vestments, mitre, almuce and surplice, with pollinctors and soldier in chainmail and helmet. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from "French ...
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...
EditorialSaxon infantry in chainmail and visored helmets, with spears and large shields, holds off the Norman attack. Bayeux Tapestry, embroidery (11th) .