Transitional Armor
Transitional Armor
Did Henry VIII's Greenwich Armorers produce any transitional armor between Gothic and Maximillian, or was it pretty much fully Maximillian style by the time he got it set up? I think the German armorers were imported at the time of fully Maximillian styling, but I'm not sure.
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Sasha
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I am looking at the book "the royal armoury at greenwich 1515-1649: a history of its technology" by alan williams and anthony de reuck.
Brilliant book!
Cheap too!
There seems to be no transitional made (which makes sense given the date they started).
And his imported armourers were Milanese not German.
Incidentally. The armouies at Greenwich made the transition to tempered steel armour in 1544. Just to put the mild steel/spring steel debate into some perspective.
Sasha
Brilliant book!
Cheap too!
There seems to be no transitional made (which makes sense given the date they started).
And his imported armourers were Milanese not German.
Incidentally. The armouies at Greenwich made the transition to tempered steel armour in 1544. Just to put the mild steel/spring steel debate into some perspective.
Sasha
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That is a good book.
As I remember off the top of my head, Henry first brought over some Milanese aremourers and used them for a while. It must not have worked out (or something), becase later he imported germans (thus the almain armourers album) and names like Jacobe Topf. I think that most of the surviving pieces are from the german phase.
Wade
As I remember off the top of my head, Henry first brought over some Milanese aremourers and used them for a while. It must not have worked out (or something), becase later he imported germans (thus the almain armourers album) and names like Jacobe Topf. I think that most of the surviving pieces are from the german phase.
Wade