Medieval Arms and Armor served as the text (in

served as the text (in abridged form) for Richard Strauss' world-famous opera

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Among the 100 black-and-white designs depicted here are lush florals and vines

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Medieval Arms and Armor served as the text (inA renowned 19th century cultural historian and specialist on the Middle Ages, J. H. Hefner Alteneck spent much of his life observing the influence of art on many aspects of human life, including weaponry. His illustrations for this handsome archive drawn with incredible exactitude depict a wide array of medieval weapons and armor dating from the early ninth century to the mid 1700s. Adapted primarily from decorative ornamentation on burial monuments