Elements of an Italian Light-Cavalry Armor alla Tedesca (in the German Fashion)

Title: Elements of an Italian Light-Cavalry Armor alla Tedesca (in the German Fashion)
Rights: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York. Public Domain.
Date: ca. 1510 C.E.
Description: An Italian cuirass and paired arm vambraces. Etched on the gorget are the Holy Trinity, below that stretched horizontally across the breastplate are three etched panels of Saint George, the Virgin Mary, and Saint Paul. An inscription in Latin below the front plate reads "CRISTVS RES VENIT IN PACE ET DEVS HOMO FACTVS ES"(Christ the King came in peace and God was made man). Another inscription found on the backplate of the armor reads "IESVS AVTEM TRANSIENS PERMEDIVM ILORVM IBAT" (But Jesus passing through their midst went his way [Luke 4:30]). The silver armor is decorated with gold vertical lines, fanning out from either side of the waist. Found within the vertical decorations are etchings of intricate flower motifs.
Format: Steel, gold, copper alloy, leather.
Language: Latin
Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Contributor: Joce Dolezal
Identifier: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 14.25.716b–f.
Subject: Armor; Renaissance armor; German armor; mercury gilded armor.
Source: Jpeg file. Unknown Photographer. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Digital Collection. 10/5/2023. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/22275

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