#frankenarmor

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A Frankenarmor with elements ca. 1450 and replacement elements ca. 1850, Italy, housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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A rare "houndskull" style Bascinet in excellent condition,

Height: 12 in/30.5 cm

Width: 9.4 in/23.8 cm

Depth: 17 in/43.2 cm

Weight: 6.4 lbs/2875 g

Western European, ca. 1375-1400, housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

It's possible this piece is a frankenhelm; the visor looks poorly fitted and was likely made for a different skull.

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A Frankenarmor composed of parts made in Italy ca. 1450-1460 and later with replacement parts ca. 19th and 20th centuries.

Weight: 57 lbs/25.85 kg

Housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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I had the pleasure of visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art

this past Saturday. Naturally I spent most of my time in the Arms and Armor collection, and I must say, since I haven't been to the collection since I started this blog, it was interesting seeing many of the artifacts I've since seen and admired online in a different light.

Most of the pictures I’ll had here (there are 19) are of artifacts I have posted before, but now I get to share them with you in their display.

Like this beautiful bastard, which I think both @peashooter85 and I have posted before

and this Rennzeug jousting armor.

I have never posted the famous display of mounted armor before, so here it is from the front (though I have posted individual elements from it before.)

This Burgonet, which is a real beauty, I believe I posted quite some time ago, so most people that are following me probably haven’t seen it on my blog.

Equally, this suit of blue and gilt armor that belonged to George Clifford, third Earl of Cumberland is something that I posted to my blog quite a long while ago,

as are these two (quite famous) armors that belonged to King Henry VIII.

I also felt the need to take a picture of the Maximilian armor pictured below because it is massive. I mean just look at the size of the thing compared to the armor next to it, my god that man must have been huge!

A famous English tournament helm

or two

and a collection of rapiers/side swords that caught my eye

and then we saw the stunning sword of Prince Elector Christian II of Saxony, which I’m certain many of you will recognize.

This Sallet was in and amongst the Muslim artifacts despite being from Spain due to the massive influence the Moorish conquest of Spain had on that culture.

I know that I have posted this Tulwar and all three of these beautiful daggers before,

and I certainly recognize these two Indian beauties, as I’m sure some of you do as well.

A 14th century Japanese Yoroi,

a mid 15th century Bohemian Pavise,

a beautiful 5th-7th century Germanic Spangenhelm that I actually never remember seeing,

and we close out with this monstrosity, the infamous and godless fabrication of Dr. Bashford Dean.

Obviously there were a great number more artifacts on display than this, but I chose to photograph and post some of the more famous, interesting, and familiar ones.

I hope this has been an entertaining and refreshing post. Cheers!

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Elements of an armor garniture, Augsburg, Germany, ca. 1560, housed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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A composite (Frankenarmor!) Gothic style armor and barding, German, ca. 1475-1485, housed at the Royal Armouries War Gallery in Leeds.

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A piece I posted a long time ago, and will now post again, the frankenarmor of Dr. Bashford Dean. Pieces found at the Chalcis hoard on the island of Euboea, Greece, likely made in Venice, Italy, ca. 1400-1450.

This armor was assembled from pieces found in the hoard which had no indication of fitting together, and thus serves as a very poor example of late medieval armor, and as an very good example of what musea will do to make it look like they have a complete piece. If worn into combat, this armor would likely result in your death. It is currently housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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A blackened Klappvisor Bascinet, probably German, ca. 1420-1430, housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This one looks rather dubious to me, I believe the skull and visor may not be original to each other.