Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005. - 80 Pages. ISBN-10: 0300107641 ISBN-13: 978-0300107647The horse was an integral part of Renaissance culture, and in warfare horses played a pivotal role. Not uncommonly, a horse’s armor was as elaborate and expensive as that of its rider. This book presents splendid examples of European horse armor from the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and closely examines their style, construction, and decoration.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.
