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The arts and crafts of older Spain (1907)

Williams, Leonard, b. 1871 · London [etc.] : T.N. Foulis · leaf 332

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• plvs • vltra • , together with • iv de la fvete • ,for Juan de la Fuente, the name of a celebratedmaker of these parts of a crossbow. The shaft{tabZero), ornamented in bone and iron, is fromthe hand of another master, Juan Hernandez,whose signature is 10: hrz. The Count ofValencia de Don Juan… … W ORD I l)( i UiDM II CHICO ARMS His Majestys possession, but he has not paidfor it). Hitherto I have traced the war-equipment ofthe Spanish Christians only. In the early periodof Mohammedan rule, the conquerors used asimple dress for war, consisting of the capaceteor almofar for the head, secured…

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