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 ...
EditorialSaxon archers with bow and hunting dog, 8th century (top), Saxon bow and arrow 10th century (middle), and Saxon slinger with slingshot used for hunting and warfare, 8th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes ...
EditorialArchery practice with bow, 14th century (top), crossbow shooting at the butts at a school, 16th century (middle), and archers at crossbow practice, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of...
EditorialMedieval archers with crossbow and different types of arrows. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
EditorialChain of the Guild of Saint Sebastian in Hulst, Chain of the Sebastian Guild in Hulst, Schutterschain, according to tradition belonging to the St. Joris guild in Hulst. The chain consists of eight hinged pieces decorated with superimposed late-gothic l...
EditorialThe martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, three archers below, an angel arrives bearing the crown of martyrdom, ca. 1480?90, Engraving, Sheet: 11 7/16 ? 8 3/16 in. (29 ? 20.8 cm), Prints, Anonymous, Italian, Florentine, 15th century, This intriguing engraving,...
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...
EditorialArchers, J. H. Wright, active 17951838, Conrad Ziegler, 17701810, after Adam Buck, 17591833, British, 1799, Aquatint, Sheet: 19 7/8 x 15 15/16in. (50.5 x 40.5cm), archers, archery, bonnet, bows, genre subject, girls, target.
Editorialchalice, fourth quarter 18th century, General: 19.2 x 8.6cm 192 x 86mm, Base diameter: 8.6cm / Diameter chalice: 8.0cm, city arms, coat of arms, flag, chalice of colorless glass of the Yellow Vendel of the Leiden archers. The calyx has a sloping foot, ...
Editorialmedal, Anonymous, 1850, minted, Bronze medal with an eye on the top, dedicated by the archers to King William III. On the front are two folded hands from the clouds, with a radiant sun above them. Under the performance the caption: GOD BLESSED THE NETH...