The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 128
d tlic ^izo^ opening- willi a liinge. Tlie bassinet, lighter than the helmet,was at first ■svorn by tbe kniglit ■wlacn uo hostile encounter was anticipated ;but subsequentlj, and at an early date, tbe vizor was added to tbe bassinet,as ■well as to tbe casque ; and tben it became as mucb used as tbe… … ï^i&* 57-—Crossbow Jlen protected by Shîeld-bearers. Fifteenth Centuiy. After a Miniature fromtbe Chronicles of Froissart. (MS. Bibl. Imp. de Paris.) armour of Louis X., a chanfrein (a plate of iron fastened on tbe borsesforebead). The crossbow, for some time probibited by ecclesiastical…
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