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Hoffmann, Carl A.; Johanns, Markus; Kranz, Annette; Trepesch, Christof; Zeidler, Oliver (2005).
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The identification with Ferdinand I was first made by the director of the armory at the
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The armor was for many years believed to belong to Ferdinand's son-in-law,
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LaRocca, Donald J. (1995). "An English Armor for the King of Portugal".
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monarchs as warriors on Europe's literal and ideological battlefields.
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helmet was added about this time) and was then thought to be that of
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Grancsay, Stephen V. (1934). "A Sixteenth-Century Parade Armor".
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Plate armor made for the future Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
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Als Frieden möglich war: 450 Jahre Augsburger Religionsfrieden
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and other creatures, suggest Lochner as the armorer.
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In function, it is a working piece of field armor (
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Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 466–467 490:The Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 396: 384:, and is currently in the collection of the 267: 266:) is symbolized by a crowned doubled-headed 707:Metalwork in the Metropolitan Museum of Art 661:The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History 722:Clothing in the Metropolitan Museum of Art 27: 251:) intended for military use, rather than 487: 356: 346: 167: 522: 679: 599: 654: 595: 593: 591: 568: 566: 564: 562: 483: 481: 479: 477: 475: 473: 451: 449: 447: 372:in the 19th century (a non-original 422:Parade Armour of Henry II of France 13: 572: 262:(the heir apparent to his brother 14: 738: 588: 559: 470: 444: 432:Propaganda during the Reformation 330: 318: 306: 68:170.2 cm (67.0 in) 727:Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor 417:Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor 143:Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor 687:16th-century House of Habsburg 648: 615: 516: 1: 437: 370:Franz, Count of Erbach-Erbach 342: 274:eagle on the toe caps of the 264:Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor 459:. 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Kunz Lochner
Plate armor
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Collection - The Met
plate armor
Nuremberg
armorer
Kunz Lochner
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
Reformation
conflict with the Ottomans
Habsburg
Catholic

Barthel Beham
etched symbolism
Madonna and Child
Woman of the Apocalypse
crescent
breastplate
Charles V
Royal Armoury of Madrid
fire-steel
sparks
Burgundian
Philip the Good
saltire
branches
Peter

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