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Matchlock
18th February 2009, 05:01 PM
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http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=vienna%20armoury&w=all


Michael
clockwork
18th February 2009, 07:09 PM
Once agian another great link thank Michael
fernando
18th February 2009, 10:18 PM
Fantastisch, Michael !
Those guys had such great equipment; i wish i had one of those :cool: .
... But the girl's armour is spetacular :eek: .
By the way, have you been in this Museum? of course you have.
Fernando
Matchlock
19th February 2009, 01:58 PM
Hi Fernando,

I have been to the Hofburg Armory in Vienna several times but was of course mostly interested in their earliest firearms. I was given the singular chance to take special guns out of their cases and photograph them in broad daylighgt on a balcony some 80 meters above the streets of Vienna - imagine!

In a while I will post some photos I took of armor and other interesting things which only they seem to have. Remember this is the Imperial Habsburg armory.

BTW, that "girl's armor was actually made for a dude; this specialty of the 1510's to the 1540's is called costume armor and was widely en vogue not only at court "parties". Henry VIII also had some (see attachments): fashionable costume elements imitated in iron. The "horned helmet" illustrated below is the emblem of the Royal Armouries Leeds.
Sort of early Renaissance knightly cross dressing ...

Michael
Matchlock
19th February 2009, 02:27 PM
Enjoy.

Michael
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19th February 2009, 02:31 PM
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fernando
19th February 2009, 03:01 PM
Before i faint with ecstasy ... is that you?

Fernando

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Matchlock
19th February 2009, 03:08 PM
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All from roepilami's photo stream on flickr.com.

That guy really does seem to have singular expertise in early armor and sure takes excellent images. He seems to travel all the major museums and also photographs all relevant early sources of illustration: armor paintings, sculpture, gravestones etc.!!! He is doing just so great I bet he is an actual scholar!

Wish we could invite him to our forum - Jim, what do you think? :)
We definitely need people like him that can post substantial stuff.

Michael
Matchlock
19th February 2009, 03:22 PM
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19th February 2009, 03:35 PM
More - thanks, roelipilami, wherever you may be!
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19th February 2009, 03:41 PM
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19th February 2009, 04:31 PM
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19th February 2009, 04:47 PM
The rest.

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David
19th February 2019, 05:31 PM
I came across this on the internet today and was going to start a thread (even though it is a bit outside my general interest), but thought i would search first to see if it had been brought up here before. Apparently it has, once, in this thread. Since it seems to provide some additional information about this amazing helmet i thought i would post the link here for those who are interested. :)
https://museum-of-artifacts.blogspot.com/2017/02/horned-helmet-of-henry-viii.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR0umcujl61AGkb2qYpQ7Qh0_k1iUTcvsxmJYl-ZZqpEeSm0PdmHCOmm63U
fernando
19th February 2019, 05:58 PM
Excelent link David; thanks for posting it :cool:.
Sorry the joke but, hopefully good old Henry didn't walk around the castle corridors with this armet on; he would scare his children to death ;) .


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Victrix
20th February 2019, 07:31 PM
Brings back memories. Yes it’s highly recommended. That painted sallet from Ulm and the helmet for hawks are incredible...

The Heeresgeschichtliches (Army) museum in Vienna are also highly recommended!