EditorialDuke William IV of Bavaria knocked sideways from his horse during a joust, 16th century. He wears a kettle hat, unique to tourneys of this type. A women with a sieve and a golden W can be seen on his buckler (shield), and a man with sieve and golden I ...
EditorialA 1554 portrait of Mary I by Hans Eworth (foreground) and Elizabeth I by Quentin Metsys the Younger (background), from 1583, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on Oct. 3, 2022. Elizabeth carries a sieve, a symbol of virginity. (Vincent Tullo/The New York Times)