Lance Gallery

Costumes of 14th century German knights

Ulrich V von Landschaden von Steinach (left) died 1369, from his grave effigy in Neckarsteinach church. In tunic, helmet, chainmail suit, with great helm, shield and angels at his pillow. Heinrich of Seinsheim (right) or von Sauwensheim, died 1360, from his grave effigy in Wurzburg Cathedral. With helmet, surcoat, belt, and great helm attached to breastplate with a chain. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C.R. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher

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Sultans of the Adil Shah Dynasty of Bijapur

Eight rulers of the house of Bijapur including Sultan Yusuf Adil Shah (1450-1510) on the throne, Ibrahim I and Ali I at left, and Ibrahim II, Muhammad at right. The final ruler Sikandar Adil Shah who came to the throne at age 4 is seated far right (1672-1686). House of Bijapur, India. Dinastia di Beydjapour. Copied from an manuscript album leaf by Kamal and Chand Muhammad, 1680. Hand-tinted copperplate engraving by Corsi after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Modern o Story, Florence, 1833

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Tilting at quintain, 14th century

Boy with lance tilting at a moveable quintain operated by another boy (top), boy with lance tilting at a living quintain (trying to knock a man in armour with a shield off a stool), and boy being rowed to tilt against a quintain on water (bottom), 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876. Date:

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