The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 126
OUR. 8S and tlie vizor opening witli a hinge. The bassinet, lighter than the hehnet,was at first worn by the knight when no hostile encounter was anticipated;but subsequently, and at an early date, the vizor was added to the bassinet,as well as to the casque ; and then it became as much used as the… … Fig- 57.—Crossbow Men protected by Shield-bearers. Fifteenth Century. After a Miniature fromthe Chronicles of Froissart. (MS. Bibl. Imp. de Paris.) armour of Louis X,, a dianfrein (a plate of iron fastened on the horsesforehead). The crossbow, for some time prohibited by ecclesiastical authority,…
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