The

Publications

of

Helmut

Nickel

The items are listed chronologically according to the year of publication or, in the case of periodicals, the year of the volume. Books and pamphlets appear first, in capital letters, followed by articles and occasional papers; these are organized alphabetically, first by the publication in which they appear and then by the first significant word of the title. ABBREVIATIONS MMA-The MetropolitanMusum of Art MMAB-The MetropolitanMuseum of Art Bulletin MMJ-Metropolitan MuseumJournal Kostum-und Waffenkunde MGHKW-Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft fiir historische ZHWK-Zeitschrift fur HistorischeWaffen-und Kostiimkunde

1955 Die Grabplatte des Grosskomturs Kuno von Liebenstein zu Neumark in Westpreussen. Festschrift, Edwin Redslob
zum 70. Geburtstage. Berlin. 284-291.

Review of Claude Blair European Armour (London, Batsford, 1958). MGHKW, no. 8, 20-22. 1965 The Battle of the Crescent. MMAB n.s. 24, November, 110-127. 1966

Waffengeschichtliches zur Messinggrabplatte des Kuno von Liebenstein (1391) in der Pfarrkirche zu Neumark in Westpreussen. MGHKW, no. 1, 8. 1956 Trachten und Feldzeichen in Mexiko zur Zeit der Conquista. MGHKW, no. 3, lo-11. 1958
DER MITTELALTERLICHE REITERSCHILD DES ABENDLANDES.

The Man Beside the Gate. MMAB n.s. 24, April, 236244. The Little Knights of the Living Room Table. MMAB n.s. 25, December, 170-183. 1967
IN THE PRESENCE OF KINGS.

Ph.D. diss., Freie Universitat, Berlin. Published in Der Herold, Vierteljahresschrift fur Heraldik, Genealogie und verwandte Wissenschaften4 (January 1959-December
1962).

New York: MMA.

1968 The Ottoman Empire [contributions]. MMAB n.s. 26,

January, 219-221.

Tracht und Ausriistung der Konquistadoren und Entdecker im fruhen 16. Jahrhundert. MGHKW, no. 6, 4-9. Der mittelalterliche Reiterschild. MGHKW, no. 7, 1-9. 1959 Die Kremper Gilde. MGHKW, no. 8, 7-11. Mannertracht und Waffen in Knossos und Mykene. MGHKW, no. 9, 8-12.

Ceremonial Arrowheads from Bohemia. MMJ i, 61-93.

1969
WARRIORS AND WORTHIES: ARMS AND ARMOR THROUGH
AGES. New York: Atheneum. Published in Great Britain as ARMS AND ARMOUR THROUGH THE AGES. London: Collins, 1971. THE

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1969 continued Bohmische Prunkpfeilspitzen. Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae 23, no. 3, 101-163. English Armour in The Metropolitan Museum. The Connoisseur 172, no. 693, 196-203. A Knightly Sword with Presentation Inscriptions. MMJ
2, 209-210.

Tamgas and Runes, Magic Numbers and Magic Symbols.

MMJ 8, 165-173.

1974
ULLSTEIN WAFFENBUCH: EINE KULTURHISTORISCHE WAFFENKUNDE MIT MARKENVERZEICHNIS.

Berlin/Frankfurt/

Vienna: Ullstein. Arms Design and Decoration. Encyclopedia Britannica III (Macropaedia), 30-35. The Art of Chivalry. MMAB n.s. 32, no. 4, 56-104. Two Falcon Devices of the Strozzi: An Attempt at Interpretation. MMJ 9, 229-232.

Sir Gawayne and the Three White Knights. MMAB n.s. 28, December, 174-182. The Armorers' Shop. MMAB n.s. 28, December, 183i88. 1970 Uber die Bilddevise in Deutschland bis zur Mitte des sechzehnten Jahrhunderts. Genealogia et Heraldica 2, Vienna, 661-666. (Paper read at Tenth International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences, Vienna, September 14-19, 1970.)
1971
ARMS AND ARMOR IN AFRICA. New York: Atheneum.

The Boar-Badge of Richard III. The Ricardian 3, no. 46, 2-3. 1975 The Long Wait and the Quick Draw. The Chase, the Capture: Collecting at the Metropolitan. New York: MMA. 171-179. The Dawn of Chivalry. From the Land of the Scythians. MMAB n.s. 32, no. 5 (special issue), 150-152. Wer waren Konig Artus' Ritter?--Uber die geschichtliche Grundlage der Artussagen. ZHWK 17, no. 1, 128. 1977 And Behold, a White Horse ... -Observations on the Colors of the Horses of the Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse. MMJ 12, 179-183.

The Heraldry in the Manuscript, in The CloistersApocalypse.New York: MMA. 18-26. Addenda to "Ceremonial Arrowheads from Bohemia." MMJ 4, 179-181. Der Bolzenkasten des Hans Wagner, Pixnschifter, 1539.
ZHWK 13, no. 1, 26-34.

1972 Die Schweizerdolche des Blattfriesmeisters. CongressReport, 6th Congressof the International Associationof Museumsof Arms and Military History. Zurich (unpag.). A Mamluk Axe. Islamic Art in The MetropolitanMuseum of Art. New York: MMA. 213-225. Reprinted in Islamic Armsand Armor.London: Scolar Press, 1979. 149-161. "a harnes all gilte": A Study of the Armor of Galiot de Genouilhac and the Iconography of Its Decoration. MMJ 5, 75-124. A Theory about the Early History of the Cloisters Apocalypse. MMJ 6, 59-72. 1973 Stone Bows in the Old and New Worlds. Armsand Armor Annual 1, 66-71. About the Sword of the Huns and the "Urepos" of the Steppes. MMJ 7, 131-142. 14

1978 Dorsal Devices: Polish Hussars' Wings, Japanese Sashimono and Aztec Tlahuitztli. CongressReport, 8th Congress of the International Associationof Museums of Arms and Military History. Warsaw. 19-23. Published in Germany as: Uber Riickenstandarten: polnische Husarenfliigel, japanische Sashimono und aztekische Tlahuitztli. ZHWK 21, no. 2, (1979) 97-106. 1979 Armor in the Italian Renaissance. Gloria dell'Arte:A Renaissance Perspective.Exh. cat. Tulsa, Okla.: Philbrook Art Center. 9-13.
1980

About divers precious stones of colours and their virtues. Heraldry in Canada 14, no. 3, September, 18-21.

The Graphic Sources for the Moor with the EmeraldCluster.MMJ 15, 203-210o. Published in Germany as: Uber die graphischen Vorlagen des Mohren mit der Smaragdstufe im Griinen Gewolbe zu Dresden. DresdenerKunstbliitter25, no. 1 (1981) 10-19. The Great Pendant with the Arms of Saxony. MMJ 15, 185-192.
1981

Catapults. Dictionary of the Middle Ages III. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 179-181. Orders of Chivalry (s.v. Chivalry). Dictionaryof theMiddle Ages III. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 303-307. Armor. Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia. New York. 369-371? Uber einige Inventionsstucke zum Grossen Aufzuge des Caroussell-Rennens der Vier Weltteile zu Dresden im Jahre 1709. ZHWK 25, no. 2, 81-94.
1984

About the Arms of Reinhard of Winterthur and Other Canting Crests. Arms, Armor, and Heraldry: Essays in Honor of Anita Reinhard. New York. 1-12. Uber den Fahnenschwenkel. Arms, Armor,and Heraldry: Essays in Honor of Anita Reinhard. New York. 41-76. The Judgment of Paris by Lucas Cranach the Elder: Nature, Allegory, and Alchemy. MMJ 16, 117-129. Zusatzliche Bemerkungen
marke "Gekrontes

The Arms of Sir Perceval and His Kin. Avalon to Camelot

1, no. 4, 11-12.

Ladies' Service and Ladies' Favors. Avalon to Camelot 1, no. 4, 31-34. About the Sequence of the Tapestries in The Hunt of the Unicorn and The Lady with the Unicorn. MMJ 17, 9-14. A Note on the macquauitl: Gedenkschrift Kutscher. Indiana 9, 159-173. Gerdt

zum Problem der Klingen-

Pi." ZHWK 23, no. 2, 101-109.

1982 THE ART OF CHIVALRY: EUROPEAN ARMS AND ARMOR

MUSEUM OF ART (in collabFROMTHE METROPOLITAN

oration with Stuart W. Pyhrr and Leonid Tarassuk). Exh. cat. New York: American Federation of Arts. Unter den gekreuzten Schwerter: Bemerkungen zu den Blankwaffen der kursachsischen Schweizergarde zu Dresden, 1656-1814. Blankwaffen/Armesblanches/Armi Hugo Schneiderzu seibianche/EdgedWeapons:Festschrift nem 65. Geburtstag.Stafa, Switzerland: Th. Gut. 168190.

Carpaccio's YoungKnight in a Landscape:Christian Champion and Guardian of Liberty. MMJ 18, 85-96. 1985 Games and Pastimes. Dictionaryof the Middle Ages V. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 347-353. Heraldry. Dictionary of the Middle Ages VI. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 172-177. The Fight about King Arthur's Beard and for the Cloak of Kings' Beards. Interpretations: A Journal of Idea, Analysis, and Criticism16, no. 1, 1-7. Some Remarks on the Armorial Tapestry of John Dynham at The Cloisters. MMJ 19/20, 25-29. Introduction. Powderhorns: In the SouthernTradition.Exh. cat. Tallahassee, Fla.: Museum of Florida History. 14. Reprinted as: Keeping His Powder Dry. American Rifleman, June 1987, 24-25, 78-79 and in Outdoor 1989, 135-139. Life /Guns and Shooting Yearbook, Arms and Armor. Songs of Glory:Medieval Artfrom 900 to 1500. Exh. cat. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Museum of Art. Cat. nos. 147-167. 1986 Arms and Armor. The Arthurian Encyclopedia.New York and London: Garland Press. 11-17. Heraldry. The ArthurianEncyclopedia.New York and London: Garland Press. 278-283. 15

Arms and Armor. Dictionary of the Middle Ages I. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 521-536. An Iconographical Remark to "Simulated Reliefs in a Painting by Juan de Flandes." Source: Notes in the Historyof Art i, no. 4, 28-31.
1983

Uber einen ritterlichen Siegelring in der Schatzkammer der Residenz Miinchen. Studien zum europdischen Kunsthandwerk:Festschrift fur Yvonne Hackenbroch,edited by Jorg Rasmussen. Munich: Klinkhardt und Biermann. 39-43. About Arms and Armor in the Age of Arthur. Avalon to
Camelot i, no. 1, 19-21.

The Arming of Gawain. Avalon to Camelot i, no. 2, 1619.

Bow and Arrow / Crossbow. Dictionary of the Middle Ages II. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 350-354.

1986 continued
The Arms of King Arthur. Avalon to Camelot 2, no. 2, 2223.

Merlin, Magic, and Swords of Power. Avalon to Camelot2, no. 4, 28-34. Swords and Daggers. Dictionary of the Middle Ages XI. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 546-552. A Heraldic Note about the Portrait of Ladislaus, Count of Haag, by Hans Mielich. MMJ 22, 141-147. 1988 Why Was the Green Knight Green? ArthurianInterpretations 2, no. 2, 58-64.

Lance. Dictionary of the Middle Ages VII. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 323-325. [Entries in] Gothic and Renaissance Art in Nuremberg: Exh. cat. New York: MMA. Cat. nos. 6o, 1300-1550.
Published in Ger62, 63, 265, 267-272, 274-278. Kunst der Gotik und Remany as Niirnberg I300-1550:

naissance. Nuremberg: seum.

Germanisches

Nationalmu-

The Iron Door Mountings from St. Leonard-de-Noblat. MMJ 23, 83-87. 1987 The Arms of Sir Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, as Well as Those of His Kin. Avalon to Camelot2, no. 3, 4-7. The Tournament: An Historical Sketch. The Study of Chivalry: Resources and Approaches,edited by Howell Chickering and Thomas H. Seiler. Kalamazoo, Mich.
213-262.

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