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Tomb effigy of Kunz von Haberkorn in the church of the Knights of St John in Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany, c.1420AD.
Source: Bildindex der Kunst & Architektur
Grabstein des Johanniterordensritters Kunz von Haberkorn Datierung: um 1420 Sachbegriff: Grabstein Form: Hochrelief Gattung: Grabskulptur, Reliefplastik Material/Technik: Sandstein Maße: 197 x 74 cm Ortsbezug: Herkunftsort: Würzburg, Johanniterkirche
Entstehungsort: WürzburgSammlung: München, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Inventar-Nr. MA 927 Inschriften, Marken, Wappen: Inschrift
WappenThemen: Ikonographie: 46 A 12 4 : * Ritter
61 B 2 (Kunz <Haberkorn, von>) 11 (+55) * historische Personen
46 A 12 41 (Saint John) * JohanniterordenLink zu dieser Seite: https://www.bildindex.de/document/obj00023564 Datensatz von: Bildarchiv Foto Marburg
Effigy of the Knight of St. John, Kunz von Haberkorn Dating: c.1420 Subject heading: Effigy Form: high relief Type: funerary sculpture, relief sculpture Material/Technique: sandstone Dimensions: 197 x 74 cm Location reference: Place of origin: Würzburg, Knights of St John Church
Point of origin: WürzburgCollection: Munich, Bavarian National Museum, Inventory no. MA 927 Inscriptions, stamps, coats of arms: Inscription
coats of armsTopics: Iconography: 46 A 12 4 : * Topics: Iconography
61 B 2 (Kunz <Haberkorn, von>) 11 (+55) * historical persons
46 A 12 41 (Saint John) * Order of St. JohnLink to this site: https://www.bildindex.de/document/obj00023564 Record from: Bildarchiv Foto Marburg
GERMAN KNIGHT, KUNZ VON HABERKORN d. l421 in Armies of the Middle Ages, Volume 2 by Ian Heath
From a tomb effigy in the church of the Knights of St John in Wurzburg, Bavaria, this figure bears witness to one of the trends in German armour that was to prevail throughout the 1420s and 1430s, which was the incorporation into the armour of long sleeves, later dagged. Adopted under the influence of civilian fashion, these would appear to have been part of a tunic worn either over or under the arming doublet or haubergeon, but invariably under the breastplate. The scale skirt is unusual outside of Bohemia, but the fact that it was popular in the latter country at about this date is confirmed by the early-15th century Krumlov ms., in which many foot-soldiers and men-at-arms alike are shown wearing such skirts, which the ms. clearly shows to have been quite separate from the breastplate or any sort of corselet, being worn on its own by some figures.
His leg-armour clearly includes plate greaves, while seemingly poleyns and perhaps plate cuisses too are concealed beneath the fabric or leather breeches (?) that come down to just below the knee. The breastplate would probably be accompanied by a backplate by this late date, buckled at the sides until the mid-15th century (when a waist-belt often seems to have instead done the job of holding the plates together), and strapped across the shoulders. This slightly ‘boxed’ shape of breastplate, sometimes fluted as in 109a, was the most popular form of plate body-armour in Germany from the 1380s until the 1420s.