EditorialLimerick hurling supporters celebrate after their team scores a goal against Kilkenny during the Division I final match of the National Hurling League at Pairc Ui Chaoimh, the hurling stadium in Cork, Ireland on April 9, 2023. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/The New York Times)
EditorialLimerick hurling supporters celebrate after their team scores a goal against Kilkenny during the Division I final match of the National Hurling League at Pairc Ui Chaoimh, the hurling stadium in Cork, Ireland on April 9, 2023. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/The New York Times)
EditorialTinsel Picture: Edmund Kean as Richard Coeur de Lion, Hand-colored engraving, embossed foil, fabric on paper, The actor, Edmun Kean, is shown on horseback, clad in armour. The horse and actor's face are engravings, cut out, the trappings silk and embos...
EditorialFour knights, in armour and tabards, jousting. The upper pair tilting with lances; the lower pair in sword combat. Their arms are painted on their tabards and horse trappings. The arms identify the upper pair as Sir John Falstaff, KG, jousting with a m...
EditorialPendant for Horse Trappings, 15th century, Spanish, Copper alloy, enamel, gold, H. 2 in. (5.1 cm); W. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Wt. 0.5 oz. (14.2 g), Miscellaneous-Badges, The decoration of this includes heraldic arms, mottoes, and religious expressions. Ori...
EditorialAppliqu? Plaque with a Standing Eagle, 12th century, Made in Iran, Brass; cast, gilded, H. 2 5/8 in. (6.67 cm), Metal, This small but powerfully rendered plaque depicting a heraldic bird highlights the varied uses of brass in the medieval Islamic world...
EditorialBronze nose piece from a horse's trappings, Late Imperial, 4th century A.D., Roman, Bronze, L. 10 5/16 in. (26.2 cm.), Bronzes, The decoration is divided into three tiers. In the uppermost, a swan (which may allude to the myth of Leda) approaches a wom...
EditorialBertrand Du Guesclin fighting at the battle of Auray. Mounted soldiers in armour with axes and swords. The trappings on the horses and shields are decorated with heraldic emblems. Text with decorated initial 'A'. Life of Bertrand Du Guesclin. France [p...
Editorial[Whole folio] End of Psalm 108. Marginal decoration. Below, Sir Geoffrey Luttrell mounted, attended by his wife, Agnes Sutton, with his helm and lance, and his daughter-in-law, Beatrice Scrope, who holds his shield. Both are dressed in heraldic gowns. ...