Middle+Ages+Artifacts


 * < [[image:cannon.JPG width="406" height="257"]] ||< [[image:armored_car.JPG width="370" height="346"]] ||
 * < **Cannon** ||< **Leonardo da Vinci's Armored Car** ||
 * < * 1582
 * Cannon mounted on a carriage
 * Used in warfare ||< * Drawn in 1487
 * Described in his notes as, "Covered chariots, that are safe and cannot be assaulted; cars which fear no great numbers when breaking through the ranks of the enemy and its artillery. Behind them, the infantrymen shall follow, without fearing injury or other impediments". ||
 * < [[image:astrolabe.JPG width="233" height="288"]] ||< [[image:caravel.JPG width="308" height="251"]] ||
 * < **Astrolabe** ||= **Nina (Caravel)** ||
 * < * Scientific instrument used to find the position of celestial bodies while sailing or by astronomers
 * Used in the Middle Ages
 * Was replaced by the sextant ||< * 1492
 * Flagship on the voyage to the Americas
 * Sailed by Christopher Columbus, one of three ships commissioned by Queen Isabella ||
 * < [[image:flying_machine.JPG width="388" height="417"]] ||< [[image:printing-press_1_lg.gif width="330" height="350"]] ||
 * = **Flying Machine** ||= **Johann Gutenberg** ||
 * < * 1505 Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci
 * Hang glider
 * Had success constructing and flying his glider
 * Of several other machines Leonardo designed only the glider worked ||< * Gutenberg invented the first printing press in the 1400's
 * Paper and movable type form the Chinese gave him access to materials to print on
 * The printing press saved time and cost of handmade books
 * Less expensive and more available books helped people to learn to read and spread knowledge during the Renaissance ||
 * < [[image:oaisjhfpiasjg.JPG width="357" height="528"]] ||< [[image:xaklzX_nklc.JPG width="322" height="268"]] ||
 * < **The Unicorn in Captivity** ||< **Medical Instruments (Left - Arrow Extractor, Right - Bullet Extractor)** ||
 * < * 1495-1505
 * One of seven in a series of tapestries
 * Magical image of a unicorn believed to represent a happy marriage
 * Made of wool and silk with silver and glided threads
 * Can be seen in New York at the Metropolitan Museum of Art ||< * 1500's
 * Arrows were removed by pushing the flesh aside with the two outer blade-like arms once the tip of the arrow was grasped with the scissor like tool.
 * Bullets were removed once the expandable tip was able to pierce the bullet and secure it by screwing into the bullet. ||
 * [[image:hours.JPG]] ||  **Book of Hours
 * Arrows were removed by pushing the flesh aside with the two outer blade-like arms once the tip of the arrow was grasped with the scissor like tool.
 * Bullets were removed once the expandable tip was able to pierce the bullet and secure it by screwing into the bullet. ||
 * [[image:hours.JPG]] ||  **Book of Hours
 * [[image:hours.JPG]] ||  **Book of Hours


 * 15th century third quarter
 * St. Adrian. With sword, anvil and lion
 * From Flemish Book of Hours, written in Latin and Dutch
 * Whole page of parchment
 * Would take an artist many days even months to illustrate
 * The book of hours is the most common type of surviving medieval illuminated manuscript
 * Each book is unique in it's own way but all of them contain a collection of prayers and other religious themes
 * Thousands of these books have survived and are in museums and private collections

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 * [[image:http://www.medievaltymes.com/courtyard/images/armour/armour_gloss/gothic_armour.jpg width="233" height="546"]] || **Suit of Gothic Armour**
 * [[image:http://www.medievaltymes.com/courtyard/images/armour/armour_gloss/gothic_armour.jpg width="233" height="546"]] || **Suit of Gothic Armour**


 * 15th Century German design, Suit of Armour
 * Style has a slim angular design, cusping, fluting and a fan-shaped design
 * Toe amour are sharply pointed to kick enemy
 * Helm has narrow visor that would be difficult to get to the eyes
 * Almost every part of the body is protected by 16 to 18 gauge steel held together with leather straps
 * weight is 45 to 50 lbs
 * In battle the suit is not difficult to move in because the weight is evenly distributed, it is easier to move in than a chain mail tunic ||