Details

Name

Ralph Moffat

Brief Biography

Glasgow Museums Staff, Curator, 2008 -

Occupation

Curator European Arms & Armour

Description

Ralph Moffat joined Glasgow Museums in 2008 as Curator of European Arms & Armour and is responsible for the care, study, and dissemination of knowledge of Glasgow Museums' internationally-renowned collection of arms and armour as well as the many combat and weapons-related books and manuscripts in the R. L. Scott Library.

Ralph graduated from the University of Edinburgh with degrees in Scottish history and Medieval Scottish studies. The subject of his Masters’ dissertation was armour in late-medieval Scotland. He worked at the National Archives digitising Scottish wills and testaments as well as transcribing those of notable Scots before embarking on a collaborative doctoral studentship at the Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds and the Royal Armouries. This project involved transcribing and translating a fifteenth-century English manuscript (in French) on jousting and tournaments whilst receiving curatorial training from the senior curator of armour.

Collections

European Arms and Armour Curator

European Crossbows and Crossbow Spanning Devices Curator

European Helmets Curator

RL Scott Library Curator

Scottish Weapons Curator

European Armour Parts Curator

European Armour Curator

Edged Weapons Curator

European Horse Armour and Cavalry Equipment Curator

European Shields Curator

European Armours Curator

European Horse Armour Curator

European Saddles and Spurs Curator

European Firearms and Artillery Curator