The Thun Sketchbooks

The Thun Sketchbooks were preliminary drawings of commissioned armour. These drawings were then kept by armourers as records of their projects. There are only four of these highly detailed sketchbooks that are known, two which have long been available, and two which were last seen in 1936. Eventually these were tracked to a museum in the Czech republic, where they found to be in near perfect condition.

This paper reviews the types of armour found in the sketchbooks, and has gorgeous illustrations of armor from the Hapsbergs.

Link Here.