The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880, tr · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 122
ed even to the thirteenthcentury in Spain, as is proved by that worn by Jaime I., King of Aragon(Fig. 51), which is preserved in the Armeria Real, Madrid. It is of polished ARMS AND ARMOUR. 81 steel, is surmounted by a dragons head, and portions of it are richlyornamented. Thus in the third crusade… … Fig. 52.—Knight in bis Hauberk (after Meyrick). rays of an Eastern sun on metal armour. This new garment soon served,moreover, when made of various colours, to distinguish different nationsmarching under the standard of the Cross (Fig. 52). It became really adress of military splendour, was made of…
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