Gorgets 1,2 and breastplates 3,4, 15th century. Types of plate armour for warfare and tournaments. Hausse-Cols et Cuirasses, XVe siecle. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from Jacques Joseph van Beveren’s Costume du Moyen Age, Medieval Costume, Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1847.

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