Ethnographic Arms & Armour
 

Go Back   Ethnographic Arms & Armour > Discussion Forums > European Armoury

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Old 3rd November 2010, 09:34 PM   #1
Matchlock
(deceased)
 
Matchlock's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
Posts: 4,310
Default A Variety of Halberds, Pikes and Maces, ca. 1500

From a painting of the Derision of Christ, by Hieronymus Bosch, ca. 1500, in the Art Museum of Philadelphia.

m
Attached Images
  
Matchlock is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 9th November 2010, 03:46 PM   #2
Matchlock
(deceased)
 
Matchlock's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
Posts: 4,310
Default

Halberds, a mace and an ear dagger in a painting of the Passion of Christ, ca. 1460-70.

m
Attached Images
 
Matchlock is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 9th November 2010, 04:58 PM   #3
Matchlock
(deceased)
 
Matchlock's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
Posts: 4,310
Default

The Passion of Christ; by Hans Multscher, from his Wurzach-Altar, dated 1437 (Gallery Berlin).

A great variety of hafted weapons.

m
Attached Images
   
Matchlock is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 9th November 2010, 05:19 PM   #4
Matchlock
(deceased)
 
Matchlock's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
Posts: 4,310
Default

Detail from the so called Resurrection Altar, ca. 1430, from Arnstadt/Thuringia, now preserved in the Berlin Gallery.

Note the Mordaxt.

m
Attached Images
 
Matchlock is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10th November 2010, 05:20 PM   #5
Matchlock
(deceased)
 
Matchlock's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
Posts: 4,310
Default Landsknechts Fleeing Death, ca. 1510

A wonderful Late Gothic halberd! From flickr.com.
Attached Images
  
Matchlock is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 5th January 2012, 01:07 AM   #6
Matchlock
(deceased)
 
Matchlock's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
Posts: 4,310
Default Halberds and Spears, ca. 1400-20

From an Alamannic or Swiss manuscript of ca. 1420-30, illustrating very early forms of South German or Swiss pole arms.

Best,
Michael
Attached Images
  
Matchlock is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12th February 2012, 02:37 PM   #7
Matchlock
(deceased)
 
Matchlock's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
Posts: 4,310
Default

Some period artwork of 1532.

m
Attached Images
   
Matchlock is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 06:22 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Posts are regarded as being copyrighted by their authors and the act of posting material is deemed to be a granting of an irrevocable nonexclusive license for display here.