Word: grancsay
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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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...
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