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The Defensive Armour and the Weapons and Engines of War of Mediæval Times, and of the "Renaissance."

Part 25 — INDEX.

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A.

Accolade, 35

Acinace, 162

Agathias, 159, 179, 193

Ages—Stone, Bronze, and Iron, 15

Ailettes, 42, 49

Air-gun, 224

Akten des Dresdener Oberhof-marshallamtes, 92

Alexiad, 205

Allecret armour, 135

Almau, Juan de, 156

Almayne rivets, 65, 108, 131

Almayne armourers, 69

Anelace, 166, 176

Angelo, Michael, 140

Anglo-Saxon arms, 26, 152, 197

Arbelest, 185

Archers, 55, 59, 182

Armament of the Caledonians, 151

Armati, 54

Armet, 98

Armorial bearings, 27, 28

Arms and armour as mortuaries, 20

Armeria Real de Madrid, 73, 91, 132, 148

Armeria Reale, Turin, 74, 140

Armourers’ Album, South Kensington, 69, 139

Armourers’ pincers, 65

Armour, Gothic, at Parham, 115;

at Sigmaringen, 116;

at Vienna, 119

Armour from Rhodes, 98, 115

Armour for boys, 68

Armour-smiths, 114, 119, 120, 132, 149, 156

Arms of the Franks, 151, 152

Army, fourteenth century, 55

Arrière-ban or ban-fieffé, 57

Arrow, the broad, 180;

the plain pile, 180

Artillery, the earliest, 208;

at the Porte de Hal Museum, 209;

the serpentin, 210;

the bombard, 210;

the harquebus-mitrailleuse, 211;

the orgue, 211;

the elbow bombard, 211;

bombard at Woolwich, 212

Artists and craftsmen, 140

Aventail, 47

Ayala, Tomas de, 156

B.

Bachelle, 34

Bachelor, 34

Ballad of the “Albigéois,” 191

Ballista, 54, 187

Ban, 24, 57

Banded mail, 36

Bandoliers, 227

Banner, 34

Banneret, 34

Bards, 53, 54, 66, 88, 89

Barriers for lists, 90

Baselard or badelaire, 177

Bases, 34, 66

Bas-relief in the Louvre, B.C. 700, 178

Bassinet, 48, 97

Baston, 196

Battle of Poitiers (anno 732), 23;

of Courtray, 57, 114;

Granson, 57;

Morat, 57, 220;

Nancy, 57;

Hastings, 58, 193;

Pavia, 58, 222;

Creçy, 60, 179, 184, 206, 207;

Poitiers, 60, 114, 195;

Auray, 60;

Agincourt, 68, 179, 184;

Flodden, 179;

“Haringues,” 183;

Navarete, 192;

Culloden, 197;

“Rosebecque,” 199;

Rhodes, 207;

Choggia, 207;

Sluys, 207;

Mounguntur, 225

Battle-axe, 196

Battering-ram, 151

Bavier, 98

Bawdric, 164

Bayeux tapestry, 25, 27, 46, 161, 179, 193, 194, 197

Bayonet, 204

Beowulf, poem of, 21, 200

Bequest of Guy de Beauchamp, 40;

of William Lord Bergavenny, 83

Berefreid, beffroi, or belfrey, 191

Berne tapestry, 195

Bill, 200

Blackened armour, 65

Black and white armour, 137

Blore’s Monumental Remains, 116

Blount’s Antient Tenures, 163

Boeheim, Wendelin, 63, 85, 95, 219

Bombard, 155, 210, 211

Bombard, bronze, 209

Bombardelle, 210

Bombardier of fourteenth century, 213

Boutel, 19

Bow of Pandarus, 178

Bows, German and Italian, 181

Bows, order in Council, anno 1595, concerning, 157

Bowyers, 180

Brabançons, 58

Brassards, 39, 89, 106

Brasses, English, 18

Brasses:

Beauchamp, 18;

Daubernoun, 18, 19, 28, 30, 32, 37, 38, 112, 161, 194;

Great Chart, 18;

D’Argentine, 31, 33, 38, 39, 114;

Thomas Cheyne, Esquire, 31, 107;

Sir John Say, 33;

Minster Church, Sheppey, 36;

Thomas Lord Berkeley, Wotton-under-Edge Church, 39;

William de Aldeburgh, 39;

Porte de Hal, Brussels, 40;

Martin de Visch, 41;

Trumpington, 44;

Sir John Lowe, 50;

Sir William de Tendering, 50;

Arkesdon Church, 60, 104;

Gerart, Duke of Gulich, Altenberg, 61;

Sir Robert Staunton, 62, 98, 116;

Qui, 64, 101;

Sir William Harper, 67;

Spilsby Church, 101;

Sir John Fitzwaryn, 101;

Sir John Lysle, 108;

Harpham Church, 106;

Sir John Drayton, 108;

Nicholas Hawberk, 108;

John Leventhorpe, 109;

Lementhorp, 109;

St. Mary’s Church, Thame, 115;

King’s Sombourne, 177

Brasses, German, French, and Spanish, 19, 65

Brayette or cod-piece, 108

Braquamart, 167

Branche des Royaux Leguages, 183, 199

Breastplates, 49

Brewis Parker on swords, 173

Brief Discourse on Warre (Sir Roger Williams), 200

Brigandine, 185

Broadsword, 169

Brockberger, 156

Burton, Sir Richard F., on the sword, 158

Burgkmair, Hans, 84

Burgonet, 99

Byrnie, 22

C.

Cabasset, 66, 100

Caliver, 225

Caltrop, 113

Camail, 38

Canterbury Bible, 161

Cannon, rifled, 215

Cannon, wood, hemp, paper, 207

Cannon in the Königl. Zeughaus, Berlin, 210

Cap of maintenance, 38

Carbine, 227

Carda, 44

Cartridges, 227

Casque, 100

Catapulta, 54, 187

Catálogo de la Armeria de Madrid, 157

Cellini, Benvenuto, 140

Cerebrerium, 97

Cervelière, 97

Chain-mail, 20;

oriental, 23;

double-ringed, 23

Chanfrein, 45

Chapel-de-fer, 48

Chapeline, 48

Charlemagne, 23

Chausses, 26, 29, 31, 110

Chaussons, 39, 110

Chaucer, 32, 37, 52, 81, 176

Childeric, 196

Chilperic, sword of, 159

Chivalry, 24

Cinquedea, 167

Ciro, Philippo, 156

Claymore, 173

Coats of arms, 28

Coif de mailles, 30

Colichemarde, 174

Column of Trajan, 20, 162

Combined weapons, 186, 226

Comnena, Princess Anna (Alexiad), 24, 25, 183, 205

Condottieri, 58

Continuous hoods, 30

Contracts for the Beauchamp effigy, 117

Coronal of the lance, 76, 89, 90

Cosson, Baron de, 146, 163, 176

Coudières, 106

Coutes, 31

Crapeaudeau, 210

Creeny, 19

Crinet, 54

Crossbows, 183

Crusades, 28, 41

Cuir-bouille, 37, 107

Cuirass, 51, 101, 138;

Gothic form, 103

Cuisse, 31, 110

Cultellus or coustel, 161, 177

Culverins, 209

Cutlass, 174

Cyclas, 33

D.

Dagger guards, 176

Das Deutsche Stechen, 88

Decline of armour, 136

Defaut de la cuirasse, 105

Degradation of a knight, 53

Demi-armour, 135

Demmin, 206

Dictionnaire du Mobilier (V. le Duc), 199

Diechlinge, 87, 94

Dillon, Viscount, 105, 129, 130, 203, (Guns in the Tower) 215

Dirk, 177

Discs, 105

Donatello, 140

Dresden Museum, 87, 148

Duel, judicial, 80

Duelling, 169, 170

Dürer, Albrecht, 125, 140, 156

Dusack, 167

E.

Early seventeenth century armour, 138

Edicts against tournaments, 78

Effigies:

Beauchamp, 19, 62, 69, 105, 109, 115, 116;

Robert de Vere, 28, 110;

Haseley Church, 28;

Johan le Botiler, 28;

G. de Mandeville, 29;

William Longespee, 30, 107;

in the Temple Church, 30;

Jean de Dreux, 30;

Walkerne Church, 30;

Norton Church, 32;

Whitworth, 33, 47;

Black Prince, 33, 38, 52, 97, 107, 121;

Sir John Pechey, 33;

Ogle, 33;

Otto von Piengenau, 35;

Alb. von Hohenlohe, 35;

Berengar von Berlichingen, 35;

Conrad von Seinsheim, 35;

St. Peter’s Church, Sandwich, 35;

Tewkesbury Abbey Church, 36;

Alvechurch, 36, 97, 106;

Ash Church, 37, 43, 102;

Willem Wenemaer, 40, 176;

Wilhelm de Ryther, 37;

Brian Lord Fitz Alan, 37;

Humphrey de Bohun, 38, 107;

Newton Solney Church, 38;

Sir Richard Pembridge, K.G., 38, 48;

Sir Robert Harcourt, K.G., 39;

Gunther von Schwarzburg, 40;

Peter le Marechal, 43;

Clehongre, 43;

Tew, 43;

Porte de Hal, Brussels, 44;

Rudolph von Hierstein, Bâle, 44;

Diether von Hael, 45;

Burkhard von Steenberg, 45;

G. von Furstenberg, 45;

Staunton Church, 47;

Naples, 50;

Lucas de Corta, 61;

at Meissen, 62;

Hertford, 66;

Southerly Church, 105;

Sir Richard de Burlingthorpe, 107;

Sir Robert Grey, 107;

Whitchurch, 108;

Redmarshal, 103;

Downes, Macclesfield Church, 103;

the second Baron Berkeley, 176;

Ebersberg, 164;

Borfe, 164

Egypt, 15

Ehrenpforte of Maximilian, 33, 125

Ehrenthal, Max von, 73, 85, 157

Endorfer, Jörg, 156

Enrichment of armour in fourteenth century, 52

Enriched armour at Dresden, 148

Épaulières, 49, 104

Épée de passot, 167

Equipment of men-at-arms, 59

Espadon, 166

Espringal, 189

Esquire, 34, 52, 77

Estoc, 169

Extra tilting pieces, 83

F.

Falarica, 189

Falchion or fauchon, 162

Falchion, the Conyers, 163

Falconet, 210

Feathers and plumes, 53

Fencing, 169

Ferrara, Andrea, 170

Feudalism, 51, 55, 57

Field of the Cloth of Gold, 84

Firearms, early, 71

Flail, military, 201

Flamberge, 166

Flintlock, 226

Fluted Maximilian suit at Berne, 122

Fork, military, 202

Francisca, 151

Frauenpreis, Mathaus, 131, 134

Free companies, 58

Freiturnier, 92

Freydal, 91

Froissart, 25, 59, 79, 192, 194, 202, 203, 205, 207, 222

Fussturnier, 92

Fustibal, or staff sling, 192

G.

Gads or gadlings, 39

Gambeson, 51

Garde-de-bras, 92, 107

Garde-de-reine, 108

Garter insignia, 34

Gauntlets, 31, 107, 132

Gedritts, 88

Gemlich, Ambrosius, 168

Gennet, order of the, 34

Genoese crossbowmen, 183

Genouillières, 31, 110

Germanisches Museum, Nuremberg, 75

Ghinelli, 156

Ghisi, Georgio, 63

Gisarme, 202

Glaive, 200

Gloss du Droit, 34

Gloves of mail, 30

Goatsfoot crossbow, 185

Goedendag, 198

Goedendag, Le arme Flamande sa Légende, etc., 198

Gorget, 40, 100, 101

“Gothic” armour, 61, 114

Gothic suit in the author’s collection, 123

Gothic, transitional, 124

Gothic armour at the Rotunda, Woolwich, 123

Gothic armour at Parham, 115

Gothic armour, 1440–1500, 114

Gothic suit at Sigmaringen, 120

Gothic suit, formerly part of the collection of Prince Carl of Prussia, 122

Gradual disuse of armour, 136, 138

Greek fire, 189, 205;

ingredients of, 192

Grenades, 193

Grose, History of the English Army, 206

Grotesque visors, 66

Grünewalt, Hans, 63, 123

Gudrun, epic poem of, 26

Gunpowder, invention of, 155

Gunpowder, 51, 154, 214

Gunners and artillerymen, 55

Gunlocks, 214, 222;

matchlock, 222;

wheel-lock, 223;

snaphance, 225;

flintlock, 225

Gurlitt, Cornelius, 63, 85, 92

Gynours, 54

H.

Habergeon, 52

Haketon, 52

Halbard, 202

Handbuch der Waffenkunde, 82

Hand-bombard, 219

Hand-culverin, 220

Hand-guns, earliest mention of, 216

Hand-guns, 180, 216

Hand-guns in the Königl. Hist. Museum, Dresden, 221

Hand-grenades, 225

Hanseatic Bund, 58

Harquebus, 68, 221

Harquebusiers, 227

Hastiludes, 76

Hauberks, 29, 51, 52

Heaume, 46

Hefner’s Trachten, 19

Helm, great, 36, 96

Helm, great jousting, 96

Helms with horns, 44

Helmet, close, 98

Helmets and Mail (De Cosson), 100

Helmets, grotesque, 128

Heralds, 77

Herald’s tabard, 33

Hermandes, Sebastian, 156

Hewitt’s Hist. of Mediæval Weapons, etc., 165

Hexham water ewer, 31

Historische Vaabensamling, Copenhagen, 74

Hobby horse, 54

Hobilers, 54

Hohenzollern Jahrbuch, 135

Holy-water sprinkler, 201

Holbein, Hans, 140, 156

Holbein’s “Costumes Suisses,” 136, 165

Hood of mail, 29

Horsemen, twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth centuries, 54

Horn, Klemens, 156

Housings, 54, 88

Howitzers, 214

Hungarian tourney, 94

I.

Imperial collection at Vienna, 73

Importation of armour into England, 59, 126

Incised monumental slab at Gotheim, 44

Infantry of twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth centuries, 54

Inventories, 52

Inventory:

Piers Gaveston, 37, 44, 53, 111;

Humphrey de Bohun, 38;

Louis Hutin, 53;

of the arsenal at Nuremberg, 1338, 216

J.

Jackboots, 149

Jamb, 31, 110

Javelin, 193

Jazerant armour, 24, 26

Jeddart staff, 197

Joust of peace, 76

Joust à outrance, 76

Judicial combat, 79

Jupon, 102

K.

Knight-bachelor, 34

Knight-banneret, 34

Knighthood, orders of, 34

Knightly belt, 30, 52

Knightly mantles, 34

Knight Templars, 30

Knopf, Heinrich, 139, 149

Knuckle-bow or finger-guard, 165

Königl. Hist. Museum, Dresden, 72

Königl. Zeughaus, Berlin, 71, 133, 134

Kolman, Lorenz, 84, 120, 123, 156

Kolman, Koloman, 129, 132

Kolman, Desiderius, 133

Kolmans of Augsburg, 62, 122, 132

Kolbenturnier, 93

Kriegswaffen-Saal, Dresden, 141

Kungl. Lifrustkammar, Stockholm, 67, 75

L.

Lamboys, or bases, 66, 130

Lambrequin, or mantling, 38

Langue-de-bœuf, 176

Lansquenette, 168

Lance, 193;

lance-rest, 49;

with coronal, 194

Latch crossbow, 185

Leitner, Quirin von, 89

Licences for tournaments, 77

Linstock, 219

Lists:

plan and decoration, 78;

authorised lists in England, 78

Lochaber axe, 197

Lochner, Conrad, 156

Lochner, Kunz, 139, 141

Locking gauntlet, 108

Longbow, the, 178

Longbow at Wark Castle, 182;

at Dover, 182

Loutterell psalter, 28, 44, 49

Lucerne hammer, 196

M.

Mace, 195

Main-gauche, 177

Mamillières, 35, 36

Mangonel, mangona, or mangonet, 189

Mantling, 38

Man-at-arms, equipment of, 59

Manuscripts, 24, 26, 27, 44, 50, 80, 82, 88, 153, 155, 160, 161, 179, 189, 193, 199, 201, 202, 205, 207, 208, 219

Marshals of the lists, 78

Martel-de-fer, 195

Mary Rose, wreck of the, 182

Match-cord, 219, 224

Maximilian armour, 64, 125

Maximilian suits:

at the Tower of London, 127;

at the Zeughaus, Berlin, 127;

at Munich (Army Museum), 127;

at Nat. Museum, Munich, 127;

at Nuremberg, 128;

in the author’s collection (plain), 128;

on horseback with bards, 130

Max or meix, 34

Mazuelle, 196

Meister der Waffenschmiedekunst, etc., 157

Mentonnière, 100

Mercenary bands, 58

Meyrick, 24

Milan armourers, 69

Military forks, 202

Misericorde, 177

Missaglias, the, 62, 156

Missaglia, Tomaso da, 116

Missaglia, Antonio da, 119, 122

Mixed armour, 40

Mons Meg, 209

Monograms, 63

Morion, 66, 100

Mortality in battle, 41

Mortar, 208

Morning Star, 201

Munich, Peter, 156

Munsten, Andreis, 149

Musée d’Armures, Brussels, 74

Musée d’Artillerie, Paris, 75, 133

Musket, 227

N.

Nasal, 27, 46

National Museum, Munich, 75, 124, 135

Negrolis, 62, 120, 132, 156

O.

Ocularium, 38, 98

Onager, 189

Ordnance of sixteenth century, 214

Ordinances of Francis I., 100

Oreillettes, 146

Orgue, 211

Ornamentation of armour, fourteenth century, 52, 53

Oxenzunge, 167

P.

Pageant weapons, 156

Palettes, 105

Parazonium, 167

Paris, Matthew, 189

Partizans, 203

Passages of arms, 76

Pas d’ane guard, 165

Pauldrons, 104

Pavises, 112

Payment of troops, fourteenth century, 55

Peascod breastplate, 92, 104, 133

Peffenhauser, Anton, 63, 93, 139, 148

Penny plate, 66

Pennon, 34

Perckhamer, Hans, 134

Persepolis, sculptures of, 16

Petards, 214

Petronel, 219

Pfeifenharnisch (piped armour), 66

Piccinino, Lucio, 63, 139, 144, 156

Piccinino, Antonio, 144, 156

Pikeguards, 64, 104, 126

Pike, 203

Pistols, 226

Plain pile, 180

Plastron-de-fer, 31, 35, 110

Pluteus, 190, 191

Pluvinel, 79

Poleyns, 111

Pole-axe, 196

Poniard, 177

Pourpoint, 32, 33

Powder flasks, 227

Practice of Arms (Sutcliffe), 204

Procopius, 151, 159, 189, 193, 196

Prodd crossbow, 186

Psalter (Loutterell), 28, 44, 49

Pursuivant-at-arms, 35, 52, 77

Q.

Quarrels, 184

Queue for lance, 95

R.

Ranseur, 203

Rapier, 169, 170

Recherches Historiques sur les Costumes des Gildes, etc., 198

Reinforcing pieces, 41, 94, 148

Religious military orders, 41

“Renaissance” ornamentation, 157

René d’Anjou, 78

“Rennen” at Innsbruck in 1498, 86

Rerebrace, 106

Ribaudequin, 189

Rifled cannon, 215

Rifling barrels, 224

Ringler, Hieronymus, 149

Ringlerennen, 94

Robinet, 189

Rockenberger, Sigmund, 87, 139

Roll of purchases, Windsor tournament, 42, 44

Roll of purchases at Holy Island, Northumberland, anno 1446, 219

Romans, 16, 17

Roman influence, 17

Rondelles, 105

Rosenberger, Hans, 87

Rotunda collection, Woolwich, 98, 115

Round table game, 81

Routiers, 58

Ruiz, Antonio and Francisca, 156

Running at the ring, 94

Rustred mail, 27

S.

Sabre, 164

Saddles, 89, 91, 93

Sallad, 97

Sautoir, 52

Scale armour, 31, 35, 37, 63

Scale work, 107

Schiavona, 173

Schiesspringle, 202

Schwarz, 156

Schwenkh’s Hans Wappenmeistersbuch, 84

Scimitar, 162

Scorpion, 188

Scottish basket-hilted swords, 173

Scramasax, 175

Scutage, 57

Scythe-knife, 200

Seals:

William the Conqueror, 26;

Henry I., 27;

Henry II., 27;

Richard I., 27;

Henry III., 28;

John, 32;

Edward II., 48

Serabagio, Giovanni Battista, 139, 147

Seusenhofer, Conrad, 130, 132

Seusenhofer, Hans, 66, 133

Seusenhofer, Jörg, 95, 133, 141

Seusenhofers, the, 63, 132, 156

Sharfrennen, 86, 88

Shields, 25, 26, 27, 112, 113

Shirt of mail, 52

Sieges:

Rochelle, 182;

Romorantin, 192;

Sancerre, 193;

Cambray, 205;

Vannes, 206;

Oudenarde, 206;

Quesnoy, 206;

Calais, 207;

Hohensalzburg, 207;

Orleans, 212;

Lucca, 217

Silver’s Paradox of Defence, 198

Silver, George, 169

Sixl, Major, writing in Zeitschrift für hist. Waffenkunde, 219

Sleeping figures in Lincoln Cathedral, 195

Sling stones, 193

Solidified iron rings found at Nineveh, 21;

at Chester-le-Street, 20;

at South Shields, 21

Solingen blades, 172

Sollerets, 31, 111

Sow or cat, 190, 191

Spacino, 156

Spadroon, 172

Spanish sword-blades, 172

Spanner for wheel-lock, 224

Spear, 193

Spetum, 203

Speyer, Peter von, 134;

Wolf von, 91

Splint armour, 37

Spontoon, 203

Spurs, 52, 87, 113

Stammbaum of the Hohenzollerns, 120

Standard of mail, 39, 49, 102

Statue of St. George at Prague, 102

Stature of men in the Middle Ages, 64

Statute of Florence, anno 1315, 50

Statutum Armorum ad Torniamenta, 77

Stechen (Das Deutsche), 88

Stechtarche, 89, 133

Stechhelm, 89

Stirrups, 52

Stiletto, 177

Stone shot, 189

Stradiots, 58

Strutt, 24

Studded armour, 40

Studded mail, 39

Suits of armour at Dresden (plain gilded), 149

Suit at Berlin by Peter von Speyer (1550–60), 134

Suit at Berne (Maximilian), 122

Suit in the possession of Prince Ernest of Windisch-Graetz, 122

Suit with lamboys, 130

Suit with lamboys in the Tower of London, 132

Sumptuary laws, 53

Surcoats, 30, 32, 39, 50

Surtees’s History of Durham, 32

Swords of Bordeaux and Poitiers, 156;

of Toledo, 156, 170

Sword, The Forms and History of the (Pollock), 169

Sword, the small, 169, 170

Sword marks, 171

Sword and buckler, 167

Sword guards, 168, 170

Sword sheaths, 164

Sword, executioner’s, 165

Sword, two-handed, 166

Sword-guard (thumb-ring), 166

Swords, mortuary, 173

Swords:

the scabbard, 52;

bronze, Assyrian, Greek, and Roman, 159;

of Chilperic, 159;

often endowed with names or titles, 160;

component parts, 160;

proving, 160;

Indian swords, 162;

Conyers falchion, 163;

S guard, 168;

rapier, 169;

Spanish,169;

swords of fourteenth century, 164;

sword-smiths, 156;

swords of fifteenth century, 167;

duelling sword, 170

T.

Tabard of arms, 33

Tactics in warfare, 68

Taces, 108

Tapestry at Saumur, 218;

at Berne, 195

Tapul, 103

Tard-venus, 58

Tarsche, 89

Tassets, 108

Tassets to the knee, 67

Tenebra, 190

Tenures, 163, 164

Testudo, 151, 191

Thumb-ring, 177

“Tilting in Tudor Times,” by Viscount Dillon, 82

Tilting harness, 83, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93

Töjhus, Copenhagen, 95

Tolleno, 189

Topf, Jakob, 139, 171

Tournaments, 76;

Sharfrennen, 86;

German Gestech, 88;

Welsches Gestech, 90;

Freiturnier, 92;

Fussturnier, 92;

Kolbenturnier, 93

Tournament roll, Henry VIII., in Heralds’ College, 82, 83, 91

Tournament armour and weapons, 77

Tournament of Windsor Park, anno 1278, 81

Tournament at Ashby-de-la-Zouche, 80

Tourney, Hungarian, 94;

Baston course, 93

Towers, movable, 191

Trattato Militaire, 170

Trebuchet, 189

Trial by ordeal, 79

Tribulus, 113

Trunnions, 211

Tuilles, 108

Tunic, Phrygian, 23, 65

Turnierbuch des Kaisers Maximilian I., 84;

of Wilhelm IV. of Bavaria, 91

Turnois du Roi René, 78

U.

Ubisch, Edgar von, 85, 110, 135

Umbo, 26

Upper pourpoint, 33

V.

Vambrace, 106

Vamplate, 87, 195

Varlets, 77, 79, 86

Vehmegericht, 177

Vif de l’harnois, 41

Vinci, Leonardo da, 140

Vinea, 191

Visors, 99, 101

Vitruvius, 188

Voulge, 202

W.

Wace, 53, 228

Waffensammlung des Kaiserl. Hauses, Vienna, 73

Wages, soldiers’, reign of Edward III., 55

“Wallace” armour, 70

Welsches Gestech, 83, 90;

old form, 91

Wheel-lock pistols, 198, 226

Will of Odo de Rossilion, 32

Windlass crossbow, 184, 186

Wire-drawing, 23

Wirsberg, 156

Wood-carving in Bamberg Cathedral, 35

Workshops for armour, 140

Worms, Wilhelm von, 139, 141

Z.

Zeitschrift für hist. Waffenkunde, 88

Zeughaus, Berlin, 48, 71, 85

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