Knights In Shining Armor
Armor and weapons from the Museo Stibbert in Florence, Italy, is on display at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California. The exhibit, “Knights in Armor,” runs through January 13, 2019. The Museo Stibbert ‘s collection of more than 50,000 items includes over 16,000 pieces of armor and weaponry focusing on European, Japanese and Islamic armor from the 15th to 19th centuries. The collection belonged to Frederick Stibbert, an avid collector of armor and art, who was born in Florence in 1838. When Stibbert died in 1906, he willed his museum and collection to the municipality of Florence.
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- Medieval Knight in Full Regalia
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- Elements of Armor
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- Detail of Armor
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- Corselet of Papal Guard, Italy, 1590
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- Suit of jousting armor with lance, Italian, 1560-1580
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- Maximillian Style Armor, Germany, 16th Century
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- Spanish-style Sword, Italy, 1670
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Wow!
The challenge itself was to keep wearing it for days and to fight deadly battles. So much heavy 🙂
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These armours were terribly heavy 😦
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I am amazed they could move but there was a video showing men wearing the armor and being able to jump over things. Amazing.
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I think, they must have been much stronger then nowedays …
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