. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . Plate XV. (^^rm^^r6^Q^^<L^^/r^ ty//^^/M^. IL84. CLASS II: ARMOURS. 131 fingered gauntlets are of the usual type. The tassets are of eight lames eachand are attached to the cuirass by hinges and straps. The cuisses, knee-copsand greaves are of the usual type, but the soUerets show clearly the decadenceof the constructional side of the armourers craft, for the lames all overlapdownwards and there is no central tread, making free movement difficultin the extreme. A shield, decorated with subjects of a similar type, buttreated mor
. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . Plate XV. (^^rm^^r6^Q^^<L^^/r^ ty//^^/M^. IL84. CLASS II: ARMOURS. 131 fingered gauntlets are of the usual type. The tassets are of eight lames eachand are attached to the cuirass by hinges and straps. The cuisses, knee-copsand greaves are of the usual type, but the soUerets show clearly the decadenceof the constructional side of the armourers craft, for the lames all overlapdownwards and there is no central tread, making free movement difficultin the extreme. A shield, decorated with subjects of a similar type, buttreated more skilfully, is exhibited in the Wallace Collection (No. 673) signed Hieronymus Spacinus, Milan, made at Bologna. Weight, 421b. 130Z. 1629. O^ small jeild Anno guilte graven and enamelled given by Prince JohnVoile to Prince Henry. 89. Armour of Charles I when Prince (Milanese, EarlyXVIIth Century). Plate XVI.—This is purely a parade armour, possiblyused also for the joust, which in the late XVIth century was a veryharmless pastime. As an example of the craft of the me
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