The Armour Archive

Stumbled across this....thought you all would find it interesting.

http://history.chess.free.fr/first-european.htm


curious helmet:




Note the similarity in armor and shields:




A sappy fellow....note his turned helmet or ear piece




note the mail sleeves and odd leggings

WOW

That's awesome. dang-now I'm gonna have to make one. oh well, it will improve my carving skills.

Thanks for the info,

Aaron

Yet another project to try...

Some more at http://www.larsdatter.com/games.htm too including pieces from 7th-8th century Samarkand; the Lewis Chessmen (late 12th century Norway)[/url]; and so on.

The BNF has an interesting online exhibit about the game of chess, and that has some additional good detailed photos as well -- here's the knights from the Charlemagne chess, for example.