A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All TimesCourier Corporation, 13.03.2013 - 704 Seiten Widely considered the classic book in the field, George Cameron Stone's A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times is an indispensable resource and reference tool for anyone interested in arms and armor. Originally published in 1934, it remains an essential guide to the field. To describe the worldwide range and variety of weaponry, Stone drew upon the more than 4,000 items in his private collection of Eastern arms and armor, as well as the European arms collection of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a variety of other sources. Since the author subsequently bequeathed his entire collection to the Metropolitan Museum, this volume serves as an abbreviated visual reference to that institution's Arms and Armor collection. By profession a metallurgist, the author focused on techniques of manufacture and workmanship to derive his method of codifying the typology of weapons, relying on an alphabetized dictionary format to avoid the confusions he found in a field without standardized nomenclature. This "glossary" format makes it easy for anyone to locate material on the astonishing variety of weapons covered. These include arquebuses, blunderbusses, flintlocks, wheel locks, matchlocks, and other antique guns; German armor; French rapiers; Roman short swords; Turkish crossbows; all the Japanese bladed weapons (katana, wakizashi, naginata, etc.); the East Asian kris in its countless permutations; and many more. Illustrated with 875 detailed figures, incorporating thousands of individual photographs and drawings, the book was written from the unique viewpoint of an expert who devoted a lifetime to the field. Hard to locate today (original editions are worth hundreds of dollars), Stone's Glossary represents a peerless resource for scholars, experts, collectors, students, hobbyists, and institutions — any student of the long history and development of weapons and armor around the world. |
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... shield or parrying weapon . It is of Arabic origin and the name is derived from the Arabic el - darakah , a shield . The weapon usually called by this name is a shield made of two ellipses with their longer sides overlapping ...
... shield or parrying weapon . It is of Arabic origin and the name is derived from the Arabic el - darakah , a shield . The weapon usually called by this name is a shield made of two ellipses with their longer sides overlapping ...
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... shield . The heavy armed troops wore corselets in addition . Sometimes they were of bronze but , more often , of ... Shields were almost universal . They were of a great va- riety of shapes and sizes . The small ones were al- most always ...
... shield . The heavy armed troops wore corselets in addition . Sometimes they were of bronze but , more often , of ... Shields were almost universal . They were of a great va- riety of shapes and sizes . The small ones were al- most always ...
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... shield on the breastplate . Collection of Dr. Bashford Dean . 2 3 FIGURE 50. Turkish Armor . 1. Shirt of. 36 it within ten to fifteen years . It is quite different with Oriental armor ; the styles changed very sel- dom and the same types ...
... shield on the breastplate . Collection of Dr. Bashford Dean . 2 3 FIGURE 50. Turkish Armor . 1. Shirt of. 36 it within ten to fifteen years . It is quite different with Oriental armor ; the styles changed very sel- dom and the same types ...
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... shield of engraved steel are all of the 15th century . 2 , 3. Back and front of a suit of about 1600. Coat of heavy riveted mail with four large plates on the front and rows of small ones with scalloped edges on the back . Legs of ...
... shield of engraved steel are all of the 15th century . 2 , 3. Back and front of a suit of about 1600. Coat of heavy riveted mail with four large plates on the front and rows of small ones with scalloped edges on the back . Legs of ...
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... shield 20.5 inches in diameter with six bosses and three handles so that it can be carried on the arm or held in the hand . It is carved with a flower pattern in low relief and colored green on a brown ground . 2. Mogul helmet of ...
... shield 20.5 inches in diameter with six bosses and three handles so that it can be carried on the arm or held in the hand . It is carved with a flower pattern in low relief and colored green on a brown ground . 2. Mogul helmet of ...
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16th century arrow bamboo bands barbed barrel blade brass brigandine Burgonet Burton Sword butt called carried carved Castle Chinese club Conder cord crossbow curved decorated Dyak edge Egerton embossed engraved fastened feet long ffoulkes FIGURE flat flintlock front Garbutt gauntlet German gilded grooves habaki handle head heavy Hewitt hilt Hilt and scabbard horn inches long India inlaid with gold inlaid with silver iron Italian ivory Japan Japanese Japanese blade Japanese helmet Joly katana katar knife kozuka kris lacquer lance later leather Length lock loop matchlock metal Metropolitan Museum Miquelet mountings neck guard ornaments Persian piece pierced pistol Planche plates pommel protect Queensland quillons relief ring riveted round Sashimono scabbard Scabbard covered scale shaft shakudo Shamshir shape Shibuichi shield side sometimes steel stone straight straps tachi Tibet tsuba Turkish usually wakizashi weapon wooden worn