Castles and Knights

Castles and Knights
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Germany, Ein Wintermärchen - Burg-Hohenzollern, Weihnachtlich im schneeverzauberten Schlosshof / 37 , 420 v
Castle in the snow
Cimmerian Shadows
The Griffon Helm, around 1540. Italy. This bourguignotte is a typical, though marvelously crafted, example of how Mannerism is reflected in arms and armour. Elaborate decorations and shapes of fantastic animals became common for the parade armour. Griffon, a beast from ancient mythology, was both a tribute to the fascination with antiquity and an animalistic representation of it’s owner’s might and fury. As the visor was raised, the knight became half-man half-beast.
Knight wearing a great bascinet, the strap fixing the helmet to the breastplate is visible as is the impossibility of rotating the helmet, German painting of 1435, by Konrad Witz
Ancient Greek Weapons and Carts Chromolithograph 1894 | Etsy
Ancient Greek weapons and carts.
BibliOdyssey
Sketches of bronze gargoyle-esque griffin heads discovered during the German archaeological dig at the Olympia site in Greece in 1875. The illustration plate appears in a volume [1890] from a series called 'Olympia:
Pebble mosaic floor depicting a griffin, from Ancient Sikyon, second half of 4th century BC, Archaeological Museum of Sikyon, Greece
Photo by Carole Raddato. Pebble mosaic floor depicting a griffin, from Ancient Sikyon, second half of 4th century BC, Archaeological Museum of Sikyon, Greece
Griffin, Olympia
A bronze sheet griffin, perhaps once covering a wooden metope (630-620 BCE), Olympia, Olympia Archaeological Museum.
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archaicwonder: Rare Griffin-crested Greek Chalcidian Helmet, 4th century BC The Chalcidian helmet was especially popular in Greece in the fourth and fifth centuries BC. This style was also worn extensively in the Greek colonies of Italy during the same period. The helmet is so-called because it was first, and is most commonly depicted on pottery once thought to derive from the Euboean city of Chalcis. In fact, it is not known whether the helmet actually originated in Chalcis; indeed, it is ...
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Parade shield, Florence, Italy, 1350-1450 -- Painted and gilt gesso over wood -- Coat of arms of the Villani family of Florence. The shield is for display rather than protection. For much of the 1400s various mercantile families vied with each other for supremacy in Florence. The shield serves to emphasise the importance of this particular family who had made their money in the 1300s in the wool trade
This griffin cannot handle it right now.
This griffin cannot handle it right now. | 44 Medieval Beasts That Cannot Even Handle It Right Now
Linlithgow Palace, Scotland - This fountain detail was built in the centre courtyard during King James V reign during 1513 - 1543.