A forum member (thanks, Wolfgang!) recently posted a link to this astonishing resource, the Codex Manesse:

http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/sammlung2/cp...d=PAGE0009

Click through the links on the left side of that page to see amazing details of 13th century German martial culture, including arms, armour, combat, costume, etc. I was particularly taken with the many depictions of what seems to have been a common way to store/display a sword and scabbard (see first image below). Just in case some of you medieval sword enthusiasts were wondering about historically appropriate display....

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i love these images. I have a few that I printed up and have hanging. Is there an English translation of this codex anywhere?

I think the credit goes to Elling Polden from Norway, not me :D

German...Norwegian...it's all good! :eek:
Just kidding. Sorry about the mis-credit. Thanks much for the original tip, Elling!