This German helmet, from the mid-16th century, has a rather unusual adornment on its mask. Was the wearer known as the Cock Knight? The six-pound, six-ounce helmet resides in the Metropolitan ...

One of my favorite sobriquets for this iconic figure was La Triste Figura, variously translated as the Sad Figure and Woeful Image. This was in the chapter when Don Quixote was beaten up and had lost ...