Right Leg Defense (Greave) late 15th–early 16th century Turkish, Istanbul (?) This right leg guard, along with a left leg guard also in the Metropolitan Museum's collection (acc. no. ), forms the only known matching pair of mail-and-plate guards of the fifteenth century for the lower legs. Similar floral ornament and Arabic inscriptions also are found on turban Right Leg Defense (Greave) 35945

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