The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 112
. A king of Scotland, of the thirteenth century, is representedon his seal with a plate of armour to protect the elbow. The knee-capfollowed. Under Philip the Bold, successor of St. Louis, the iron fjreviires(greaves), to protect the front of the legs, were adopted. In the reign ofPhilip the Fair… … Fig. 51.—Helmet of Don Jaime el Conquistador. (Royal Armoury, Madrid.) flat or spherical, became pointed at the top, and took the name of bassinet;but this bassinet was unlike the casque which, in the following century,retained that name, and was made completely closed. The exact period, of…
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