Roland Cooper

@swordcoop.bsky.social

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Barbering; historical fencing, sport fencing, & stick fighting; roller derby; politics we can do something about.💈⚔️🛼

G'Kar from Babylon 5, smiling like an absolute lunatic
A coffee shop study scene. On a wooden table rests an open copy of Angelo Viggiani's Lo Schermo, using a gas receipt as a bookmark, a pen case holding three fountain pens resting on top of it. Closer to the camera rests a mug containing an americano resting on a saucer, and a small snack plate with a half eaten personal sized pumpkin pie and a fork.
16th century woodcut of a man standing on the ground, sword on one hand and cape wrapped around the other arm, squaring off against a man on a cantering horse armed with a sword. The horse looks a little confused, and both dudes are dressed to the nines with some amazing feathery hats.
A woodcut of three men in fancy 16th century clothes. Man on the left is holding a spear, point down, with a dagger on his belt. Man in the middle is wearing a cape and has a one-handed sword scabbarded on his belt. Man on the right is holding a bare two handed sword, point on the ground. On the ground at their feet are a variety of polearms and shields, as well as a sword or two.
The frontispiece of Opera Nova by Achille Marozzo. It's a very detailed print featuring armoured men, plinths, draped cloth, and all kinds of plants and a couple of weird chimeras.
Picture of a 500 year old book. Cover's brown with geometric shapes embossed on it, and it's very worn down, with visible damage to the edges and spine.