Art in an Early Global World at WAM: A WAM/College of the Holy Cross CollaborationMain MenuAmanda Luyster17d39c1ecea88fb7ff282fe74a410b89478b8327Created by the Worcester Art Museum and the College of the Holy Cross, with the Worcester Public Schools AP Art History class of 2024. Financial support provided by the Medieval Academy of America and "Scholarship in Action" at Holy Cross.
NSB Hausbuch Hans Osterle 1569
1media/NSB Hausbuch Hans Osterle 1569_thumb.jpg2024-03-30T14:32:04-07:00Amanda Sopchockchaic166c893d3f8e85f5083bab6661445b2a8c3894a448011Image of a bladesmith at work.plain2024-03-30T14:32:06-07:0075-Amb-2-279-48-v.tif20080205103801+0100Stadtbibliothek NuernbergNurembergPublic LibraryBavariaGermanyStadtbibliothek NuernbergStadtbibliothek Nuernberg20080205103801Amanda Sopchockchaic166c893d3f8e85f5083bab6661445b2a8c3894a
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12024-03-28T13:31:19-07:00Who made this Pollaxe?10plain2024-08-15T10:45:29-07:00Amanda Sopchockchai, Class of 2027, College of the Holy Cross
The elaborate, crisply-executed ornament of the pollaxe, including its intersecting strips of intricate metalwork, resembles that of certain suits of armor. Such military equipment was manufactured by expert metalsmiths. Elements of the pollaxe were forged into shape before being assembled. Unlike some other weapons (like the halberd, which included an axe head and a spike mounted on a long shaft), pollaxes are usually made up of several separate components.
