. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . sideredtoo wide, and therefore dangerous to the wearer. This hasbeen rectified by riveting a plate pierced with smaller holesto the inside. The lower margin of the helmet is engravedwith the Collar of the Garter (Plate XX). The breast and backplates are each in one piece, vertically fluted and engravedwith crude scrollwork. The pauldrons, of eight lames on the No. and seven on the left arm, are hung from pins attached tothe cuirass. On the right pauldron is engraved St. George and theDragon, and on the left the Virgin and
. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . sideredtoo wide, and therefore dangerous to the wearer. This hasbeen rectified by riveting a plate pierced with smaller holesto the inside. The lower margin of the helmet is engravedwith the Collar of the Garter (Plate XX). The breast and backplates are each in one piece, vertically fluted and engravedwith crude scrollwork. The pauldrons, of eight lames on the No. and seven on the left arm, are hung from pins attached tothe cuirass. On the right pauldron is engraved St. George and theDragon, and on the left the Virgin and Child. The brassards areconstructed with narrow^ overlapping lames, which completely protect theinside bend of the arm. The tonlet is composed of two parts, the front and the back, each ofnine horizontal lames engraved with foliage and Tudor roses. Each lameis connected to the next by a vertical strap, and the whole tonlet is hungfrom the cuirass by turning-pins. The gauntlets do not belong to the suit, Viscount Dillon, ArchcBological Journal, LXIX. Plate XII. (^J^/rji/?^a/v/^la^^xw¥^€e/i^^.
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