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 120
his flexibility it was found that the ARMS AND ARMOUR. .5 plates ilvquontly IxHaino disconnected, and thus left a part of the IxmIvdefenceless. In niakin«,^ the d-W/.s.sr.v to oNcrlap from below, regard was hadto the usual direction of a sword-cut (»r da«rfrt>r-thrust, which usually camefrom… … Fig. 60.—Armour ornamented with Lions, supposed to be that of Louis XIL (Artillery Museum, Paris.) Was somewhat commonly worn in 1558 ; it was introduced on account of itsbeing far more easily kept clean than polished steel. For the same reasonblack armour was tried, but tlie engravings and…
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