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5th March 2012, 01:02 PM
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Maximilian Landsknecht Long Pikes, Albrecht Altdorfer, 1513-15
From Albrecht Altdorfer's Der Greulich Sweyzer krieg (the gory Swiss War), from his illustrations of the Triumphal Procession for the Emperor Maximilian I.
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5th March 2012, 03:29 PM
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An Early-16th C. Maximilian Frog's Mouth Landsknecht Pike in my Collection
The one on top of the wall rack.
Ca. 1500, the leaf shaped or so called frog's mouth blade of characteristic section, with pronounced central rib. On its original octagonal ash haft, shortened to 2.78 m from originally probably 4.5-5.0 m. From the Landeszeughaus Graz, Austria, the upper section of the haft bearing the inventory stamp of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y., from an inventory of ca. 1900. Not one single of hundreds of pikes of this type still preserved in Graz retains its original octagonal haft; they were all restocked with round hafts around the middle or during the second half of the 16th c. Attached below is a scan of two pieces in Graz. Best, Michael Last edited by Matchlock; 5th March 2012 at 07:06 PM. |
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5th March 2012, 03:57 PM
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Many thanks for the insight and knowledgeable reply Michael!
Apologies for me being more "rare" these days, but schoolwork does not permit me for a more active contribution.. nevertheless much obliged! Cheers, Samuel |
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20th March 2012, 09:50 PM
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Pikes Against Cavalry - a Thirty Years War Impression
In the Tojhusmuseet Copenhagen.
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20th March 2012, 09:54 PM
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Thank you so much for you kind words, Samuel, I know you well enough to be sure they are founded on well-based competence, so - thanks again! Man, I do wish you and some other guys came in here more often - in spite of whatever your work is!  Cheers and best, Michael |
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