Excerpt from A Record of European Armour and Arms Through Seven Centuries, Vol. 3 Dawn of the xvith century - Certain types of decorated armour-the rivalry of armourers that led to the excessive decoration upon armour as the century progressed, which decreased its protective quality and disguised its. Indifferent construction-the gradual transition from the so-called Gothic armour to the so-called Maximilian Early xvith century armour of foremost interest to the English collectors; extant examples in our national armoury, ...
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Excerpt from A Record of European Armour and Arms Through Seven Centuries, Vol. 3 Dawn of the xvith century - Certain types of decorated armour-the rivalry of armourers that led to the excessive decoration upon armour as the century progressed, which decreased its protective quality and disguised its. Indifferent construction-the gradual transition from the so-called Gothic armour to the so-called Maximilian Early xvith century armour of foremost interest to the English collectors; extant examples in our national armoury, the Tower of London - An endeavour to establish their identity with royal ownership accredited to them - The Curators of the armouries at the Tower - The possible makers of certain of the Tower Henry VIII suits discussed The suit formerly preserved in the Chateau de Bonnelle said to have been worn by Gourdon de Genouilhac, its great likeness in form to the double suit of Henry VIII The armourers of the French school. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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