Medieval Arms and Armor The first of the three

The first of the three major canticles in La divina commedia (The Divine Comedy)

straw hats

the Giraffe

George Meredith

and foundations of mathematics

Medieval Arms and Armor The first of the threeA renowned 19th century cultural historian and specialist on the Middle Ages, J. H. Hefner Alteneck spent much of his life observing the influence of art on many aspects of human life, including weaponry. His illustrations for this handsome archive drawn with incredible exactitude depict a wide array of medieval weapons and armor dating from the early ninth century to the mid 1700s. Adapted primarily from decorative ornamentation on burial monuments