. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . merly, but the holes in which the visor-pins turned havebeen filled up. It bears the mark of Antonio da Missaglia {circa 1490), repeated twice. Thegorget, composed ^*of several lames fk \with wide shoul- -^-^•^der-plates, is oflater date, and doesnot belong to thearmour. The breastis in two parts,with shallow flutings on bothplates, the upper portionbearing an armourers back is of four parts, anarrow, central plate withtwo side plates riveted onand one lower horizontalplate articulated to the twoside plates. The taces co
. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . merly, but the holes in which the visor-pins turned havebeen filled up. It bears the mark of Antonio da Missaglia {circa 1490), repeated twice. Thegorget, composed ^*of several lames fk \with wide shoul- -^-^•^der-plates, is oflater date, and doesnot belong to thearmour. The breastis in two parts,with shallow flutings on bothplates, the upper portionbearing an armourers back is of four parts, anarrow, central plate withtwo side plates riveted onand one lower horizontalplate articulated to the twoside plates. The taces con-sist of four lames, the lowestbeing semicircular at itsextreme edge. Thebesagues,or rondels, sixteen-sided inform, are hung from thegorget. The brassards onlyprotect the outside of theupper and lower arm, the inside of which was defended by a shirt of elbow-cops are of the usual bracelet type, with slight flutings. Thegauntlets are finely w^orked with pierced margins, gadhngs on the knucklesand fingers, and long cufi^s. The leg armour is In the early nineteenth century it was apparently thought that all holes in armour were intendedto receive rivets, and the existence of these for attaching linings of coverings was not some instances this restoration of rivets which had not formerly existed has quite alteredthe character of the armour. 92 THE ARMOURIES OF THE TOWER OF LONDON. 2. Fluted Armour (Early XVIth Century). Plate I.—The armetis of four parts. The skull is finely fluted with roped crest. The cheek-plates, hinged on each side with embossed rims on their lower edges, areengraved in the centre of each with a rosette, which originally had holes forhearing which have been filled up with rivets at some period. The twoplates are closed by a lynched pin. The visor has a straight front, withhorizontal slits for sight and vertical openings for breathing, and isclosed by a spring pin on the right cheek-plate. It bears the |P ^.Nuremberg mark. Th
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