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9th November 2010, 04:37 PM
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St. Florian and St. Paul; painting by Jörg Breu the Elder, Augsburg, ca. 1500.
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9th November 2010, 04:47 PM
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The Joy of Springtime, by Jörg Breu the Elder, Augsburg, 1531.
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9th November 2010, 04:52 PM
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Hand-and-a-half sword; St. Florian, by Francesco del Cossa, dated 1473.
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9th November 2010, 05:01 PM
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Woodcut by Hans Schäufelein, ca. 1515, who among others worked for the Emperor Maximilan I.
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9th November 2010, 05:04 PM
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Hans Sebald Beham, Nürnberg, dated 1540; drawing of one of the first rapiers.
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9th November 2010, 05:14 PM
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Details from the so called Resurrection Altar, ca. 1430, from Arnstadt/Thuringia, now preserved in the Berlin Gallery.
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9th November 2010, 05:25 PM
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Woodcut of the students' riots in Efurt, Thuringia, ca. 1520, depicting some type of a Großes Messer.
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