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.
Pair of Tournament Pauldrons
12024-03-28T13:30:35-07:00Richard Lent3e723f35a685aebf07b8b602f188f085f3fa0c8f448013Lorenz Helmschmid, Pair of Tournament Pauldrons (Shoulder Defenses), c. 1500, Augsburg, Germany, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 29.156.67h, i.plain2024-08-15T11:37:47-07:00Zoe Zimmer726b0bce27fe407b566d2fd9122871e9e9ddcf50
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12024-03-28T13:30:35-07:00Who made this Composite Stechzeug?4plain2024-08-15T11:37:09-07:00Zachary Barney, Class of 2025, College of the Holy Cross
Jousting armor was made by specialist armorers who charged large sums of money to create sophisticated armor for the noblemen who commissioned it. Plate armor requires substantial expertise: for instance, armor covering the shoulders (above) was manufactured from overlapping plates in order to keep the joints flexible. The plates would fold into each other when the arm was lifted and spread out when it was lowered. Any suit of jousting armor would have been the prize of any noble's armor collection, and they would take great care to ensure that their jousting armor remained in good condition.
