LIST OF PLATES

Venus at the Forge of Vulcan, by Jan Breughel and Hendrik van Balen, circ. 1600. Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin Frontispiece

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I.Armour for the “Stechzeug,” XV-XVI cent. Germanische Museum, Nuremberg4

II.Armour of the fifteenth century exemplified by the effigy of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, S. Mary’s Church, Warwick, cast by Bartholomew Lambspring and Will Austin, circ. 1454, from Blore’s Monumental Remains. S. George, by Andrea Mantegna, 1431–1506, Accademia, Venice. Armour of Roberto di Sanseverino, by Antonio da Missaglia, circ. 1480; Waffensammlung, Vienna, No. 38

III.A Contrast. Armour of Count Sigismond of Tirol, 1427–1496; Waffensammlung, Vienna, No. 41. Armour of Louis XIV, by Garbagnus, 1668; Musée d’Artillerie, Paris, G, 12512

IV.Armourers at work, Brit. Mus., Roy. MS. 16, G, v, fol. II. Wood-carving of Duke William of Aquitaine, XV cent., S. William’s Church, Strasburg. Venus and Vulcan, XIII cent., Königl. Bib., Berlin, Codex MS. Germ., fol. 282, p. 7916

V.Anvils in the British Museum (Burges Bequest) and in the possession of Mme. Bellon, Avignon20

VI.The Workshop of Conrad Seusenhofer, from the Weisz Künig, by Hans Burgmair, 152524

VII.Armour of Kurfürst Moritz, by Matthäus Frauenpreis, 1548. Königl. Hist. Museum, Dresden, G, 3928

VIII.Armour of Henry VIII for fighting on foot in the lists. Tower of London, II, 2832

IX.Italian brassard (front and back), cuisse, 1470; Ethnological Museum, Athens. Inside of leg-armour of suit shown on Plate VIII36

X.Helmets of Henry VIII; Tower of London. (1, 2) Made by one of the Missaglia family; II, 29. (3, 4) Made by Conrad Seusenhofer, 1514. (5) Bevor for the latter; II, 5. The last three numbers form part of the suit shown on Plate XII40

XI.Brigandine (inside and outside), XV cent.; Musée d’Artillerie, Paris, G, 204, 205. Breast-plate of a brigandine, 1470; Ethnological Museum, Athens. Right cuisse of suit for fighting on foot in the lists, early XVI cent.; Musée d’Artillerie, Paris, G, 17844

XII.“Engraved Suit,” by Conrad Seusenhofer, presented to Henry VIII by the Emperor Maximilian I, 1514. Tower of London, II, 548

XIII.Helmet of Sir Henry Lee, by Jacobe Topf, 1530–1597. Tower of London, IV, 2952

XIV.Armour of King Sebastian of Portugal, by Anton Peffenhauser, 1525–1603. Pageant armour of Charles V, by Bartolomeo Campi, 1546. Real Armeria, Madrid, A, 290, 18856

XV.Alegoria del Tacto, by Jan Breughel. Prado, Madrid60

XVI.Venetian sallad, XVI cent.; Bayerischen National Museum, Munich. Back-plate of a brigandine, 1470; Ethnological Museum, Athens. Morion, XVI-XVII cent.; Stibbert Collection, Florence. Surcoat of the Black Prince; Canterbury Cathedral64

XVII.Cast of ivory chessman, XIV cent. The original of this was in the possession of the Rev. J. Eagles in 1856, but has since disappeared. Ivory mirror-case showing squires arming their masters, XIV cent. Carrand Collection, Museo Nationale, Florence68

XVIII. Portraits of two unknown noblemen, by Moroni, 1510–1578, showing the arming-doublet and mail sleeves. National Gallery, London72

XIX.Helm for fighting on foot in the lists, XVI cent. It formerly hung over the tomb of Sir Giles Capel, in Raynes Church, Essex, and was sold as old iron to Baron de Cosson, from whom it passed to the collection of the Duc de Dino, and from thence to the Metropolitan Museum, New York. Arming a knight for combat in the lists, from a MS. of the XV cent., in the possession of Lord Hastings76

XX.Armour of Henry, Prince of Wales, son of James I, by William Pickering, 1591–1630, Master of the Armourers’ Company of London. Royal Armoury, Windsor Castle80

XXI.Suit of “puffed and slashed” armour, circ. 1520; formerly in the Meyrick Collection; Wallace Collection, No. 380. Tonlet suit for fighting on foot in the lists, by Conrad Lochner, 1510–1567; Musée d’Artillerie, Paris, G, 182. Armour of Ruprecht von der Pfalz, circ. 1515; Waffensammlung, Vienna, No. 19884

XXII.Gauntlets. (1, 2) Left and right hand gauntlets, probably by Jacobe Topf, 1530–1597; Tower, II, 10. (3) Bridle gauntlet of James I; Tower, II, 24. (4) Left-hand gauntlet, XV cent.; Madrid, E, 87. (5) Locking gauntlet, XVI cent.; Tower, III, 59. (6) Left-hand bridle gauntlet, XVI cent.; Tower, III, 95. (7) Left-hand gauntlet of Kurfürst Christian II, by Heinrich Knopf, circ. 1590; Dresden, E, 7. (8) Left-hand gauntlet for fighting on foot at barriers, XVI cent.; Tower, III, 58. (9) Gorget of Kurfürst Johann Georg II, showing the Garter badge and motto, by Jacob Joringk, 1669; Dresden, D, 2988

XXIII.Armour for horse and man, middle of XV cent. Musée d’Artillerie, Paris, G, 192

XXIV.Pageant shield, by Desiderius Colman, 1554. Real Armeria, Madrid, A, 24196

XXV.Drawing by Jacobe Topf, 1530–1597, No. 15 in the Album in the Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, London100

XXVI.Armour of Sir Christopher Hatton; formerly in the Spitzer Collection, now in the Royal Armoury, Windsor Castle100

XXVII.Drawing by Jacobe Topf, from the same source as Plate XXV, 18 in the Album104

XXVIII.Armour of Sir John Smith, by Jacobe Topf. Tower of London, II, 12104

XXIX.(1) Armet, middle of the XVI cent.; Musée d’Artillerie, Paris, H, 89. (2) Armet, engraved and gilt with heavy reinforcing plates on the left side, end of XVI cent.; Paris, H, 108. (3) Helm from the tomb of Sir Richard Pembridge, Hereford Cathedral, circ. 1360. It was given by the Dean of Hereford to Sir Samuel Meyrick, and passed from him to Sir Noel Paton, and is now in the Museum at Edinburgh. (4) Parade casque, after Negroli, middle of XVI cent.; Musée d’Artillerie, Paris, H, 253. (5) Sallad, by one of the Negroli family, end of XV cent.; Real Armeria, Madrid, D, 13108

XXX.Armour of Friedrich des Siegreichen, by Tomaso da Missaglia, circ. 1450; Waffensammlung, Vienna, No. 2. Armour, circ. 1460; Musée d’Artillerie, Paris, G, 5112

XXXI.Portrait medal of Coloman Colman (Helmschmied), 1470–1532. Designs for saddle steel and visor, by Albert Dürer, 1517, from the Albertina, Vienna116