Preparing to Tilt on Level Ground

September 17, 2012, 4:18 pm

By THE NEW YORK TIMES

Workers putting together “Armor for the Joust of Peace,” from about 1500, in the Great Hall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday. The armor was purchased by the Met in 1904, one of the museum's earliest acquisitions. It has not been on display in nearly 25 years. Click here to see a larger version.