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The world-famous Schloss Ambras, Tyrol, whose unique arms and armor collection and Kunst- und Wunderkammer (art chamber) Archduke Ferdinand II transformed into the first weapons museum in history in the late 16th century, had a special exhibition named Ritter! (Knights!) in summer 2013.
The catalog is still available and highly recommended, even though its texts are in German. Attached please find, in order of appearance: - Some views of Schloss Ambras, which is recorded as early as the 10th century, and of its arms and armor collection - a painting of a joust at Schloss Tratzberg, Tyrol, by Hans Schäufelein, 1509 - Gobelin tapestries with the Habsburg pedigree Best Christmas Eve wishes from Michael Last edited by Matchlock; 25th December 2013 at 09:09 AM. |
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- The finest Late-Gothic suit of armor in existence; it was made for the Emperor Maximilian I
- close-ups - page from Konrad Kyeser: Bellifortis (The Strong Warrior), Eichstätt, Bavaria, 1405 - mechanical breast pieces for the joust - costume helmet, fox - two foot combatants: original jousting harnesses, and equiped with original weapons |
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- foot combatants, close-up
- nasal helmet - from the jousting book Freydal of Maximilian I - tournament - jousting toys, two runners, cast-bronze, ca. 1500 - Hungarian winged pavese - wadding worn under jousting helmets - golden forehead crest as a lady's gift for taking part in a joust |
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- Gregor Baci, a Hungarian Nobleman
According to tradition, the man portrayed is the Hungarian nobleman Gregor Baci, who was healed after having a lance pierce his right eye during a tournament. In the inventory of 1621 he is identified as an Hungarian hussar, who suffered this injury while fighting against the Turks. In the case of portraits of unusual people the interest of the collector, Archduke Ferdinand II, was not focussed on the painting as a work of art but rather on the person portrayed, his special destiny and his deeds. These were simply the qualities that made him a celebrity and raised him above the level of the average person. This desire to preserve the whole person and his deeds for posterity was, of course, also the motivation for collecting weapons and armour of famous rulers in his heroes armoury (wikipedia). |
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gregor's granny always told him that he could put somebodies eye out with that thing.
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Grrreat, and thanks, both Kronckew and 'Nando,
Your comments sure have brightened up my Christmas Eve! And I was afraid nobody would be gonna care today ... My old service guns don't have too much to add either; they prefer keeping silent on everything they've been put thru 400 to 700 years ago but you can see the score is written in the scratches on their stocks and barrels ... Those visions sometimes make me kinda tremble ... Now go on celebrate with your loved ones, everybody! Best, Michael Last edited by Matchlock; 24th December 2013 at 04:15 PM. |
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The catalog seems to be available only via the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (Vienna), the price is euro 24.95 plus postage.
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those photos were just stunning and i'm jealous as i'll likely never get to see it in person.
the bavarian genes in me admire the beauty and want to go out for a beer. the prussian gene lurking in the background wonders how they defended the castle with all them windows and gaps in the walls. (and no moat monster). aw heck. tonite i'll be bavarian. or maybe tyrolean - i am after all half austrian. ![]() Fröliche Weihnachten! und ein Gutes Neue Jahr! Grusse Gott, ![]() Last edited by kronckew; 24th December 2013 at 05:26 PM. |
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Can there be an ethnic mixture more promising?!
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Great footage Michael
![]() Aaaah to be a German, es wäre toll gewesen ![]() A friendly german send me this last year after a great deal on a wheel lock i bought from him, Wunderbar ![]() "When the snow falls wunderbar And the children happy are, When is Glatteis on the street, And we all a Glühwein need, Then you know, it is soweit: She is here, the Weihnachtszeit Every Parkhaus ist besetzt, Weil die people fahren jetzt All to Kaufhof, Mediamarkt, Kriegen nearly Herzinfarkt. Shopping hirnverbrannte things And the Christmasglocke rings. Merry Christmas, merry Christmas, Hear the music, see the lights, Frohe Weihnacht, Frohe Weihnacht, Merry Christmas allerseits... Mother in the kitchen bakes Schoko-, Nuss- and Mandelkeks Daddy in the Nebenraum Schmücks a Riesen-Weihnachtsbaum He is hanging auf the balls, Then he from the Leiter falls... Finally the Kinderlein To the Zimmer kommen rein And it sings the family Schauerlich: "Oh, Christmastree!" And everybody in the house Is packing die Geschenke aus. Merry Christmas, merry Christmas, Hear the music, see the lights, Frohe Weihnacht, Frohe Weihnacht Merry Christmas allerseits... Mama finds under the Tanne Eine brandnew Teflon-Pfanne, Papa gets a Schlips and Socken, Everybody does frohlocken. President speaks in TV, All around is Harmonie, Bis mother in the kitchen runs: Im Ofen burns the Weihnachtsgans. And so comes die Feuerwehr With Tatü, tata daher, And they bring a long, long Schlauch And a long, long Leiter auch. And they crying: "Wasser marsch!" Weihnachtsfest is now im Arsch. Merry Christmas, merry Christmas, Hear the music, see the lights, Frohe Weihnacht, Frohe Weihnacht Merry Christmas allerseits!" |
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What ... beer ? No !
![]() I will eat my 8 cms. thick fish cod with a dry fruity Douro white and will follow with a (14º vol.) red, also from Douro ... to keep in the same region. Will accompany Christmas dessert with a sparkling brut from the Bairrada area ![]() |
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i'll have a nice dow's reserve porto with my americano pizza (mostly pepperoni & sliced wursts) tonight to toast our poor portuguese compadre sadly forced to eat fish. (i'm saving the roast duck, sprouts, and taters & a large bottle of stout for tommorrow - and mebbe a few more portos).
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It is getting hard to say something substantial after what you wrote.
As I realized at an early stage how dangerous full contact sports and reenactments are I completely resigned from watching such shows, though I do admire those guys for being totally devoted to their profession and the martial arts. m |
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Thank you so much for sharing both your inside experience and your mind. I believe you must be right with your formation of hypotheses concerning these guys.
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