Resources

 Museum Databases

Many museums conveniently have digitized databases of their collection. Below are some examples of these databases with large medieval collections. If you see something you like, contact me with a picture, name, and link to the piece.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (United States)

The Higgins Armory Museum (United States)

The Art Institute of Chicago (United States)

Philadelphia Museum of Art (United States)

The Detroit Institute of Art (United States)

The Wallace Collection (United Kingdom)

The Royal Armories (United Kingdom) 

Victoria & Albert Museum (United Kingdom)

The Kunsthistorisches Museum (Austria)

Staatliche Kunstsammlungen (Germany)

Deutsches Historisches Museum (Germany)

Bayerisches Nationalmuseum (Germany)

Musee de l'Armee (France) 

Swedish Royal Armories (Sweden)

Nationaal Militair Museum (Netherlands)

Books

Record of the Medieval Sword by Ewart Oakeshott

The Archaeology of Weapons by Ewart Oakeshott

Swords of the Viking Age by Ian Peirce

The Real Fighting Stuff by by Tobias Capwell