The brigandine was one of the most practical armor designs of the 15th century — flexible, layered, and deceptively strong.

As seniors at Augsburg College hammered away at their theses this spring, Josh W. Davis was probably the only one actually using a hammer. A medieval-studies major, Mr. Davis wrote his final paper on ...

pen and black ink, heightened with white, on blue-gray prepared paper, pen and black ink framing lines ...