Customer Reviews

The Armored Horse in Europe, 1480-1620 (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)

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Brilliant mix of photos of horse and rider museum presentations, individual pieces of horse armour and a good scattering of period art (illumination, paintings, sketches and woodcuts).
Appears to give a frank and honest discussion of previous museum and collectors practices of mixing pieces to make a "full set" of armour.
Individual pieces are well described and size, weight, dating, country of manufacture and where the item came from, are given or are quoted clearly as best estimates.
While not a large work, I definitely feel it was very good value. Quite useful to the recreator (no scales given in photos, but most pieces would not be too difficult to replicate from the photos given your intended horse's head, chest, & rump measurements), the museum presentation photos give a good sense of scale.

This is an exhibition catalog from the exhibit of the same name at the Metropolitan Musuem of Art in NY. I personally visited the exhibition and while the items were interesting, was underwhelmed by the small room that housed it. I was expecting a bigger display.

Most of the pieces in the exhibit are in the catalog along with others that didn't appear. The text is good and I recommend the catalog to anyone interested in early equestrian military pursuits.