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قراءة كتاب Armour in England From the Earliest Times to the Reign of James the First
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Armour in England From the Earliest Times to the Reign of James the First
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Armour in England
Plate I.—Full suit of armour of Henry, Prince of Wales, in the guard-chamber at Windsor Castle. Attributed to William Pickering, master armourer.
ARMOUR IN ENGLAND
FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES
TO THE REIGN OF JAMES THE FIRST
By
J. STARKIE GARDNER
LONDON
SEELEY AND CO. LIMITED, GREAT RUSSELL STREET
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1897
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The Britons--An Early Age of Plate-Armour | 5 |
| II. | The Mailed Warrior | 9 |
| III. | The Transition Period--From about the Reign of Edward I. to that of Richard II., 1272-1399 | 27 |
| IV. | The Age of Plate-Armour | 45 |
| V. | The Age of Enriched Armour | 78 |
| INDEX | 99 | |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
COLOURED PLATES |
PAGE | |
| I. | Full suit of armour of Henry, Prince of Wales, in the Guard-chamber at Windsor Castle. Attributed to William Pickering, master-armourer | Frontispiece |
| II. | Second suit of Sir Henry Lee, Master of the Armoury, reduced facsimile of No. 19 in the Armourers’ Album in the South Kensington Museum | 28 |
| III. | First suit of Sir Christopher Hatton, Captain of the Guard, and subsequently Lord Chancellor. Reduced facsimile of No. 15 in the Armourers’ Album in the South Kensington Museum | 40 |
| IV. | Grand-guard of the suit of George, Earl of Cumberland, in the possession of Lord Hothfield. This is a part of the 20th suit in the Armourers’ Album in the South Kensington Museum | 46 |
| V. | Grand-guard, used for tilting, belonging to the suit of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, with the gilding restored. In the Tower of London | 58 |
| VI. | Profile of the helmet belonging to the French suit (Fig. 32). In the Guard-chamber of Windsor Castle | 76 |
| VII. | Ornament on the tapul of the breastplate belonging to the half-suit of the Earl of Essex (Fig. 35), with the original gilding slightly restored. In the Guard-chamber of Windsor Castle | 90 |
| VIII. | The sword of Charles I. when Prince of Wales, 1616. The hilt entirely covered with raised gold damascened work on blue steel matrix, except the grip of silver wire work. Preserved in Windsor Castle | 96 |
ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT |
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| 1. | Hauberk, or byrnie, of chain-mail, of the fourth or fifth century, found at Vimose | 11 |
| 2. | Norman knights in mail hauberks and conical helmets | 13 |
| 3. | A complete suit of mail, with coif and mufflers; A thirteenth-century suit, with reinforcing plates | 17 |
| 4. | Mail coif, flat-topped, with leather thong | 19 |
| 5. | Mail coif, round-topped, with jewelled fillet | 19 |
| 6. | Mail coif, conical top, with coronet and mantelet | 19 |