Catalogue of European Armour at the Fitzwilliam Museum English ed. Edition

by Ian Eaves (Author)

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ISBN-13: 978-0851158570

ISBN-10: 0851158579

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The collection of arms and armour in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, is one of the finest in England, and ranks just behind the royal and national collections in terms of the range and quality of its material. The majority of the items come from the bequest of J.S. Henderson, a collector who bought extensively in the 1920s; he owned a group of pieces from the armoury of the Princes Radziwill at Niescwiecz in Poland, and other items from this source have subsequently been given to the museum. The strength of the exhibits is therefore in German and North Italian armours of the sixteenth century, mostly for field use but with some tournament and parade armours. Full descriptions for each piece, together with provenance (where known) and physical details are given, as well as comparisons with pieces in other collections.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Boydell Press; English ed. edition (July 4, 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 275 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0851158579
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0851158570
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.47 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1.25 x 9.75 inches

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T. Frithsamr

Lots of great description, not so many pictures here.

Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2009

I give this an overall four stars, with the only ding being value - at the price this goes for, I would have liked more content, especially more plates. If value for your money is no object, it would get five stars for content.

255 pages, plus xx (20 page) introduction.

36 plates. 17 of these are single-item plates; the other 19 are cases with multiple objects, mostly consisting of either four helms, or a body armor and another four to eight smaller pieces. 24 plates are mostly or entirely of sixteenth century armor, with the rest being seventeenth except for one plate of three fifteenth century helms and three multiple-object plates which have one or two fifteenth century pieces in them. No close-ups, multi-angle views, or shots of the back or interior of any of the armor. The pictured armor is mostly German, with a fair amount of North Italian and Flemish, and some French, Dutch, English, etc pieces.

The catalogue descriptions of the pieces are VERY nice, with good scholarship, extensive provenances, and TONS of detail.

If you want to read a well written, well researched catalogue of a large and important collection of European Armor, mostly German, mostly sixteenth century, this is a book you will want to own.

If you want a great book of armor photographs, you may think the price is rather steep for the number of plates you get.

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