Williams, Leonard, b. 1871 · London : T.N. Foulis · leaf 340
;that is, ample coats of mail, heavy shields, thickiron helmets, lances with broad points, andinsecure saddles. . . . Now they have discardedthat equipment, and are beginning to use shortcuirasses, light helmets, Arab saddles, leathershields, and thin lances. Of the African troopsthe same historian… … IJAGGER OF EOABDIL EL CHICO (Museum oj Artillcrv, Madrid) ARMS Descriptions of the Spanish-Moorish swordsinserted in the chronicles and poems of the MiddleAges, together with the few examples that havebeen preserved until our time, enable us to form anaccurate idea of the shape and decoration of…
Decorative arts
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