#medieval arms

[sceptixfakemon]

really fun coat of arms comm!!!

[revilermpls]

Back Catalog: Falcon Crest

Back Catalog: Falcon Crest

In honor of upcoming albums, Back Catalog takes a look back at a brief look at everything leading up to it. In this installment, Adam takes on one of his longtime local favorites’ reunion with a little write up of everything with a few personal stories and some photos from his archives. Falcon Crest was a band that existed from somewhere in early 2000s until somewhere around 2011. They were…

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Unseen Prehistoric Arms, Ancient & Medieval Swords Made Public for the First Time

A medieval sword depicting the Holy Mother of God (Virgin Mary) and hundreds of other samples of prehistoric, ancient, and medieval arms originating in Bulgaria, which have never been made public before, have been exhibited by the Museum of Archaeology in the southern city of Plovdiv.

The archaeological artifacts are part of a private collection including a huge arsenal of arms and other military artifacts dating back from the 6th millennium BC until the 16th century. They have now been made public for the first time ever in an exhibition of the Plovdiv Museum of Archaeology entitled “From Stone to Gun Powder", reports the 24 Chasa daily.

The private collection belongs to Boyko Vatev, an art gallery owner, a former journalist and former member of the Bulgarian Parliament; it has been collected over the past 80 years, first by Vatev’s father, and then by him. Read more.

[medievalpoc]

Tomb Effigy of Jean d'Alluye, mid–13th century French; Made in Loire Valley Limestone; 83 1/2 x 34 1/4 in. (212.1 x 87 cm) The Cloisters Collection, 1925 (25.120.201)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Photo credits:

1. Tomb Effigy of Jean d'Alluye (photograph by palindrome6996/Flickr user)

2. A closer look at the sword (photograph by Allison Meier of atlasobscura.com)

3.  (photograph by Qabluna/Flickr user)

Alec submitted to medievalpoc:

Saw this in person a while back and though it was pretty interesting that this person / his family thought the sword was important enough to put on his tomb effigy.

It also is pretty clear evidence for contact, at least indirectly (not that that’s in question) between China and France.

You can read an article about this sword here.

[medievalpoc]

aknightowl replied to your post: “you don't have to be so negative just because a post doesn't have a person of colour in it.”:

Important question: what's the source (and date) for this image? Because this man is confusing me. Sallet with visor, but short mail hauberk, with what looks like an early mediaeval baldric carrying a 14th C or later sword? Is he a time traveller?

It's from Roman de la Rose (Guillame de Loris/Jean de Mung-c. 1490), folio 134r. The character is Dangier the Saracen. [source]