EditorialTheir Majesties The King and Queen, The Duke of Rothesay and other Members of the Royal Family will attend the Thistle Service at St Giles’ Cathedral. St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh
EditorialAchaemenid Empire. Frieze of Archers, ca. 510 BC. Palace of Darius I, Susa. Iran (Persia). Detail. Enameled bricks. Royal guard carrying bows and lances. Louvre Museum. Paris, France.
EditorialMandala of Chandra, God of the Moon, early Malla period, late 14th?early 15th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Distemper on cloth, Overall: 16 x 14 1/4 in. (40.6 x 36.2 cm), Paintings, The center of this mandala depicts the moon god Chandra flanked b...
EditorialThe Archers of Burgundy, Burgundy Guard or Blade Guard, were an armed unit from the Burgundy Guard of Archers, introduced in Spain by King Philip I of Castile, whose components served on foot inside the royal rooms and on horseback in the outside. Engr...
EditorialThe Archers of Burgundy, Burgundy Guard or Blade Guard, were an armed unit from the Burgundy Guard of Archers, introduced in Spain by King Philip I of Castile, whose components served on foot inside the royal rooms and on horseback in the outside. Engr...
EditorialNorman knight and archers, 1066. Knight on horseback with lance wearing mascled armour and one of the bowmen in flat-ringed chainmail armour. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by S.R. Meyrick from Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick's A Critical Inquir...
EditorialPageant XL Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, leading the English army against the French under the Dauphin, 1419. Warwick, wearing a helmet decorated with an ostrich plume, leads his knights in pursuit of the retreating french cavalry. English archer...
EditorialPageant XXXVII. Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, receives the surrender of Caen castle, 19 September 1417. On the left, Warwick emerges from his tent to give orders to a gunner who is kneeling by a cannon. Below, is an armed ship. On the river bank ...
EditorialA sea battle showing three ships enaging at close quarters. The Earl of Warwick's standard can be seen on the masthead of the vessel on the left. French soldiers discharge their crossbows at the English archers, who are using longbows. The picture may ...