08-17-2018, 12:41 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-17-2018, 12:56 PM by Drunk Monk.)
But back to the Stibbert - it’s the most amazing collection of arms & armor I have ever seen in my life -
IN MY LIFE
- but it is one of the world’s largest. It’s a private collection from a rich Brit from the last century. Only some is in cases. Walls and walls of swords, pole arms, bows. Cases of daggers, fitting, parts. Loosely organized by period and origin. Cases stacked with shelves of pieces. Rooms of armor. And all high grade, parade armor, battle, even the suit one of the Medici died in. I could’ve spent my entire vacation in there. My camera crashed because I was taking so many pix (fortunately after completing the armor sections). Tara mocked me for fangirling. Three major sections - europeon, Middle East & japan. Small cases dedicated to China, India, Indonesia, etc. so dense. A single glass case might hold several dozen pieces. Walls of swords - thousands of them. Just unreal. It went by too fast. If I ever come back, I’ll buy multiple tix and just keep going round. The tour is guided and you must stay with your guide. Our guide just gave up on me ‘I think you know everything I’m going to say’ she said. I said just point out the details. She showed me some Islamic chain mail where every ring had characters of protection form the Koran. So beautiful. I think I cried a little bit.
IN MY LIFE
- but it is one of the world’s largest. It’s a private collection from a rich Brit from the last century. Only some is in cases. Walls and walls of swords, pole arms, bows. Cases of daggers, fitting, parts. Loosely organized by period and origin. Cases stacked with shelves of pieces. Rooms of armor. And all high grade, parade armor, battle, even the suit one of the Medici died in. I could’ve spent my entire vacation in there. My camera crashed because I was taking so many pix (fortunately after completing the armor sections). Tara mocked me for fangirling. Three major sections - europeon, Middle East & japan. Small cases dedicated to China, India, Indonesia, etc. so dense. A single glass case might hold several dozen pieces. Walls of swords - thousands of them. Just unreal. It went by too fast. If I ever come back, I’ll buy multiple tix and just keep going round. The tour is guided and you must stay with your guide. Our guide just gave up on me ‘I think you know everything I’m going to say’ she said. I said just point out the details. She showed me some Islamic chain mail where every ring had characters of protection form the Koran. So beautiful. I think I cried a little bit.
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