Historical Artifacts

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Armor of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547–59) (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 days ago by merde@sh.itjust.works to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/24671

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

I love that so many of these royal suits of armor survived. One of King Henry VIII's suits of armor is on public display at the Met in NYC.

Running into it and getting a sense of his actual physical proportions was really neat. Almost feels like meeting the man himself.