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Book Review
The Funeral Achievements of Henry V at Westminster Abbey: The Arms and Armour of Death
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1083–5
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Reviewer:
Marcoux, Robert (Marcoux, Robert)
Subjects
art literature:
Conferences
buildings:
Westminster Abbey, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Henry V, King of England, 1387-1422 / Funerary chapels / Armour / Saddles / Shields (Armour) / Swords / Architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Funeral Achievements of Henry V at Westminster Abbey: The Arms and Armour of Death Edited by Anne Curry and Susan Jenkins. 294 pp. incl. 175 col. and 33 b. & w. ills. (Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 2022), £80. ISBN 978–17–8327–717–9. | :
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Attributed works:
3. Henry V’s funeral achievements. (Westminster Abbey, London).
Exhibition Review
The art of the sword. London
09/2012 | 1314 | 154
Pages: 654-655
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Reviewer:
Rocca, Donald J. La (Rocca, Donald J. La)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Wallace Collection, London, Great Britain
places:
London / England
print:
Swords
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Swords / Weapons
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Noble Art of the Sword | institution: Wallace Collection
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
44. Detail of the hilt of a rapier of the future Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II. Hilt Spanish or Italian, the blade by Antonio Piccinino of Milan. c.1550–70. Total length 122 cm. (Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; exh. Wallace Collection, London).
Western art unattributed:
45. Detail of the hilt of a rapier of Christian II, Elector of Saxony. The hilt probably made by Marx Bischhausen of Dresden, the blade Solingen. c.1605–57. Total length 117 cm. (Rüstkammer, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden; exh. Wallace Collection, London).
Western art unattributed:
46. Parade costume of Christian II, Elector of Saxony. Construction and embroidery probably Saxon; the fabric possibly Italian. c.1601–09. (Rüstkammer, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden; exh. Wallace Collection, London).
Exhibition Review
The medieval sword. Paris
10/2011 | 1303 | 153
Pages: 690-691
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Reviewer:
Capwell, Tobias (Capwell, Tobias)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Musée de Cluny (Musée National du Moyen Âge), Paris, France
places:
Paris / France
print:
Swords
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Swords / Weapons / Medieval
Reviewed Items
subjects:
L’Epée: usages, mythes et symboles | institution: Musée de Cluny (Musée National du Moyen Âge)
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
61. Sword furniture discovered in the tomb of King Childéric I, King of the Salian Franks (reg. c.440–481/82). c.481. Gold and garnet, dimensions variable. (Bibliothèque national de France, Paris; exh. Musée National du Moyen Age, Paris).
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62. Detail of the sword known as ‘Joyeuse’. 900–1200. Gold, steel, glass beads, silver gilt, stones and embroidered velvet, 100.5 by 22.6 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Musée National du Moyen Age, Paris).
Western art unattributed:
63. Sword ‘of St Maurice’. Sword: steel, thirteenth century; scabbard: tooled leather, painted and gilt, 1200–50; case: tooled leather, 1434–38. (Armeria Reale, Turin; exh. Musée National du Moyen Age, Paris).
Book Review
The Arms of Greece and her Balkan neighbours in the Ottoman period
03/2011 | 1296 | 153
Pages: 184-185
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Reviewer:
Borg, Alan (Borg, Alan)
Subjects
dates:
1500-1799 / 1800-1849
places:
Greece / Turkey / Eastern Europe
print:
Weapons
subjects:
Weapons / Armour / Firearms / Costume / Swords / Pistols / Greek (modern) / Ottoman / Turkish / Eastern European
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Arms of Greece and her Balkan neighbours in the Ottoman period | author: Elgood, Robert
Illustrations
Attributed works:
73. The Greek Rebellion, the standard bearer in Salona on Easter day 1821, by Louis Dupré. From L. Dupré: Voyages à Athènes et à Constantinople, Paris 1825. (Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris).
Publication Received
Records of the Medieval Sword
11/1992 | 1076 | 134
Pages: 736
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Reviewer:
North, A. R. E. (North, A. R. E.; N., A. R. E.)
Subjects
subjects:
Swords / Catalogues
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Records of the Medieval Sword | author: Oakeshott, Ewart
Book Review
The Rapier and Small-Sword, 1460-1820
09/1981 | 942 | 123
Pages: 557-558
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Reviewer:
Gamber, Ortwin (Gamber, Ortwin)
Subjects
dates:
1400-1899
subjects:
Armour / Weapons / Swords
subjects:
Rapiers
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Rapier and Small-Sword, 1460-1820 | author: Barne, C. M. , author: Norman, A. V. B.
Book Review
Cut and Thrust Weapons
05/1969 | 794 | 111
Pages: 310-311
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Reviewer:
Tarassuk, Leonid (Tarassuk, Leonid; Tarassuk, L.)
Subjects
subjects:
Weapons / Swords
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Cut and Thrust Weapons | author: Wagner, Eduard
Article
Observations on the Sword in Caravaggio
09/1964 | 738 | 106
Pages: 412-416
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Author:
Macrae, Desmond (Macrae, Desmond)
Subjects
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da
dates:
1550-1649
places:
Italy
subjects:
Italian painting / Iconography / Swords
subjects:
Weapons / Visual sources
Illustrations
Attributed works:
26. Detail from Fortune Teller, by Caravaggio. (Louvre.)
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27. Detail from Martyrdom of St Matthew, by Caravaggio. (S. Luigi dei Francesi, Rome.)
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28. Detail from Calling of St Matthew, by Caravaggio. (S. Luigi dei Francesi, Rome.)
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29. Detail from Conversion of St Paul, by Caravaggio. (Sta. Maria del Popolo, Rome.)
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30. Detail from David with the Head of Goliath, by Caravaggio. (Borghese Gallery, Rome.)
Attributed works:
32. Detail from Martyrdom of St Matthew, by Caravaggio. (S. Luigi dei Francesi, Rome.)
Attributed works:
33. Detail from St Catherine of Alexandria, by Caravaggio. (Thyssen Collection, Lugano.)
Western art unattributed:
31. Drawing Showing Weapons Confiscated from Caravaggio, from Tribunale Criminale del Senatore, Relazione dei birri, anni 1604-1606, Registro 327, Foglio 145 Verso. (Archivio di Stato, Rome.)
Western art unattributed:
A. Typified Drawing of Parts of a Sword Hilt. (Author's Drawing.)
Book Review
The Arts of the Japanese Sword
12/1962 | 717 | 104
Pages: 556
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Reviewer:
Winkworth, W. W. (W. W. W.) (Winkworth, W. W. (W. W. W.); Winkworth; Winkworth, William Wilberforce)
Subjects
places:
Japan
subjects:
Weapons / Swords / Japanese
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Arts of the Japanese Sword | author: Robinson, B. W.
Book Review
The Small-Sword in England
07/1947 | 532 | 89
Pages: 201
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Reviewer:
Oman, Charles (Oman, Charles; Oman, Charles Chichele; O., C. C.; Oman, C. C.; Oman, Charles C.)
Subjects
dates:
1600-1799
places:
England
subjects:
British / Swords / Weapons
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Small-Sword in England | author: Aylward, J. D.
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