EditorialBronze powder chambers from early breech-loading guns. 16th century. Their rear locking lug removed to being set up in a vertical position. This indicates that later, these chambers were adapted to be used as mortars or signals guns. Armoury. Grandmast...
EditorialHorse Armoury, Tower, from 'Ackermann's Repository', Thomas Rowlandson, British, 17561827, Augustus Charles Pugin, French, active Great Britain, ca. 17621832, Thomas Sutherland, British, 1785 - 1838, Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper, Men in armo...
EditorialA battle with maces, another favourite and bloody sport of medieval knights. Fascinated, the ladies watch from a covered, two-storied waggon. Mural from the armoury, Runkelstein castle, from the series of murals showing courtlife, sports and pastimes a...
EditorialThe Great Horse Armoury in the Tower of London. Steel engraving by Henry Melville after an illustration by Gilbert from London Interiors, Their Costumes and Ceremonies, Joshua Mead, London, 1841.
EditorialSpain, Madrid. Royal Palace. It was built by order of Philip V. The project was commissioned to Giovanni Battista Sachetti (1690-1764). Its construction began in 1738 and the building was completed in 1764. Facade and wings of the building from the Squ...
EditorialHorse Armoury, Tower, from 'Ackermann's Repository', Thomas Rowlandson, British, 17561827, Augustus Charles Pugin, French, active Great Britain, ca. 17621832, Thomas Sutherland, British, 1785 - 1838, Aquatint, brush and watercolor on paper, Men in armo...
EditorialSpain, Madrid. Royal Palace. It was built by order of Philip V. The project was commissioned to Giovanni Battista Sachetti (1690-1764). Its construction began in 1738 and the building was completed in 1764. Facade and wings of the building from the Squ...
EditorialThe Great Horse Armoury in the Tower of London. Steel engraving by Henry Melville after an illustration by Gilbert from London Interiors, Their Costumes and Ceremonies, Joshua Mead, London, 1841.
EditorialThe Great Horse Armoury in the Tower of London. Steel engraving by Henry Melville after an illustration by Gilbert from London Interiors, Their Costumes and Ceremonies, Joshua Mead, London, 1841.
EditorialA battle with maces, another favourite and bloody sport of medieval knights. Fascinated, the ladies watch from a covered, two-storied waggon. Mural from the armoury, Runkelstein castle, from the series of murals showing courtlife, sports and pastimes a...