Weapons and Armor

Book Overview

A misericorde is a medieval poniard or dagger made for one purpose -- to give the coup de grace or killing stroke. It was a beautiful, deadly instrument with a graphic mission; its very shape and cut graphically manifest its age and those who used it.
Weapons throughout history chronicle ages, styles, and approaches to life and death; for artists, a weapons archive is a pictorial arsenal of powerful imagery. Here is such an arsenal:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486242420
• ISBN13: 9780486242422
• Release Date: February 1982
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.3" x 12.2"