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Plumes for the Joust. "A homogeneous suit of medieval armor is much rarer than a medieval castle or cathedral," says the Met's Arms and Armor Curator Stephen V. Grancsay. But the few suits that have survived show that by the mid-15th century, armorers had achieved near perfection in their art. Making suits of as many as 120 separate pieces, they could completely sheathe a knight in skillfully molded armor, elegant in its burnished, plain surfaces, and so meticulously fitted that it followed the play of each muscle, the hinging of each joint. Viewed simply as objects...
...months the Army and Curator Stephen Grancsay of the Museum's ancient arms and armor department have been experimenting on armor that will give maximum protection from flak and flying missiles, minimum interference with movement. Last week genial, 46-year-old Curator Grancsay thought he had found the answer. He hoped to prove to the Army that the type of steel coat worn by medieval knights is still the best...
...Grancsay had his armorers hammer out their steel in a crowded Museum basement. The end product is a suit of plates attached to each other by shock cords and springs and equipped with an instantaneous release (for quick shedding when parachutes are the thing to wear...
Stephen V. Grancsay, curator of arms & armor at Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum (which has the biggest U. S. public collection), helped Director Cheek install his show. To the press, Armor-Lover Grancsay declared that body armor for civilians was the coming thing. (On exhibit was a contemporary armor suit, apparently not yet in use.) Said he: "Mass production could turn them out at less than $100. Just figure up what it now costs the Government to provide hospital care for the thousands who are injured. Armor would be less expensive." Curator Grancsay recalled that Cellini, da Vinci...
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