Letter A

Almain Rivet:

Almain Rivet was a type of flexible armor created around the 1500s in Germany. It was specifically designed to give the wearer a bit more freedom to move, allowing them to attack easier.  It may seem thin and not very strong but it still has the same amount of protection as regular armor.  They were used very often, but  They stopped using them around the 1600s.

Letter B

Bardini Gardens

Bardini Gardens is a Renaissance Garden in Italy of the villa Bardini in the hills of Oltraro, which has some beautiful views of Florence. There are three different sections of the garden that were each created during a different time period. You can still go there today and walk around and look down on the city of Florence.

Letter C

Carmen Figuratum

Carmen Figuratum is a poem with a particular shape or pattern, formed by all of the words or specific ones inscribed with red lettering. The black fields represent a holy figure yet to be shown.

Letter D

Desco Da Parto

Desco Da Parto is a painted birth tray or birth salver that was given as a gift to a family who had a successful birth. Elite families would ask for paintings, but there were different gifts as well, such as embroidered pillows. The paintings that were on the trays were usually an image of mothers after childbirth or paintings of a baby (the majority of birth trays were boys). 

Letter E

Estoc

Estoc (Also known as Tuck) is a type of sword that had a hilt with a grip meant for two hands, and a straight, sharp, and pointy blade. It was known for being able to pierce through chain Mail Armour. They began using it around the 14th Century and stopped in the 17th Century.

Letter F

Florence

Florence is a city located in the central part of Italy and the Capital of the Tuscany Region.

Florence is considered to be the birth area of the Renaissance and became the artistic, cultural, political, and economic-financial center during Medieval times. 

Letter G

Gnome

A Gnome is a Diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and Alchemy. The Gnome was first introduced by Paracelsus in the 16th century and later was adopted by more recent authors, including those of modern-day Fantasy literature. Gnomes' characteristics have been reinterpreted to suit the needs of various storytellers, But it is typically said to be a small Humanoid that lives underground. 

Letter H

Hand cannon

The hand cannon, also known as the gonne or handgonne, is the first true firearm and the successor of the firelance. The Hand cannon is the oldest type of small-arms, as well as the most mechanically simple form of metal barrel firearm. Unlike Matchlock firearms, it requires direct manual external ignition through a touch hole without any form of the firing mechanism. It also may be considered a forerunner of the handgun. The Hand cannon was widely used in China from the 13th century onward and later throughout Eurasia in the 14th century. In 15th-century Europe, the Hand cannon evolved to become the matchlock arquebus, which became the first firearm to have a trigger.

Letter I

Illusionism

Illusionism in art history can mean: the artistic tradition in which an artist creates a work of art that appears to share the physical space with the viewer, or more broadly the attempt to represent physical appearances precisely. The term realist may be used in this sense, but that also has rather different meanings in the art, as it is also used to cover the choice of ordinary everyday subject matter and avoid ideal idolizing subjects. Illusionism encompasses a long history, from the deceptions of Zeuxis and Parrhasius to the works of muralist Richard Haas in the 20th century.

Letter J

Jig

The Jig is a type of folk dance that gained popularity in the 16th century in Ireland and parts of Great Britain. Eventually, it made its way to Mainland Europe, where it quickly became the ultimate movement of the Baroque dance suit. People still do this dance today and they dance to it with Irish and Scottish music. 

Letter K

Koncerz

Koncerz (A type of thrusting sword) was a sword that was used by Polish-Lithuanian hussars in the Renaissance. it wasn't used to cut or slash anything, but due to its slimness and length, it was mainly used to pierce through armor. It was used during the 16th and 17th century and was very similar to the "Estoc sword".

Letter L

The Last Supper

The Last Supper was a painting created by Leonardo Da Vinci from 1495 through 1498 (It took him three years to paint it). The image is the scene of Jesus at a long table with the twelve Apostles when Jesus announces one of the Apostles will betray him. It was and still is one of Leonardo Da Vinci's most famous paintings he's created.

Letter M

Mannerism

Mannerism (Also known as the late Renaissance) Is a European art style that was created in the later years of the Italian Renaissance in the 1520s and ended in the 16th century. It emphasizes proportion, balance, and ideal beauty. They exaggerate them to the point it becomes "Unnaturally Elegant". Though this art style lasted for a long time, it eventually got replaced by the art style named Baroque.

Letter N

Northern Renaissance

The Northern Renaissance was the Renaissance located in Europe north of the Alps. Around the end of the 15th century, the Renaissance spread all throughout Europe and was named the Northern Renaissance because it was North of the Italian Renaissance. 

Letter O

Oil painting

An Oil painting is when In the process of painting, the artist uses pigments of drying oil which would give the painting richer and denser colors and greater flexibility. This started in Europe and eventually spread throughout the rest of the world. It was most commonly used when painting on wood panels or canvases. This technique was used back in the 7th century AD and was brought back about 900 years later in the Renaissance.

Letter P

Pike

The pike is a very long spear that was used in Europe during the Middle Ages. Foot soldiers would be the main user for this weapon, they would be formed into a "Pike square formation" until it was ultimately replaced by the Bayonet-equipped muskets.