. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . CLOSE HELMET OF MALTESE .\l{MOUl<(U, 50). 51. Half-armour, similar to the above,but with a morion for helmet. 52. Half-armour, similar to the above, consisting of morion, gorget ofthree lames, peascod breast, plain back, taces of two lames, tassets of elevenlames, pauldrons of seven lames, brassards hung by turning-pins from thepauldrons, bracelet elbow-cops and plain gauntlets. All the armour, exceptthe gauntlets, is decorated with engraved bands of trophies and volutesending in medallion heads. 53—65. Thirteen Half-armours,
. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . CLOSE HELMET OF MALTESE .\l{MOUl<(U, 50). 51. Half-armour, similar to the above,but with a morion for helmet. 52. Half-armour, similar to the above, consisting of morion, gorget ofthree lames, peascod breast, plain back, taces of two lames, tassets of elevenlames, pauldrons of seven lames, brassards hung by turning-pins from thepauldrons, bracelet elbow-cops and plain gauntlets. All the armour, exceptthe gauntlets, is decorated with engraved bands of trophies and volutesending in medallion heads. 53—65. Thirteen Half-armours, similar to the above, consisting ofmorion, breast, back, pauldrons and loan to Dover Castle. 66. Half-armour, similar to the above, consisting of long-breastedcuirass, brassards, pauldrons, loan to Dover Castle. Plate XIV. ^^yijwii^r:^//im/fm r^y/^-f/iJe^G^/^^/Ar/^:e^/^ IL83. CLASS II : ARMOURS. 121 67—72. Six Half-armours, similar to the above, consisting of morion,breast, back, pauldrons, brassards and loan to the Maison Dieu, Dover. Nos. 44 to 72 inclusive were brought from Malta in 1826. 73. Half-armour (Late XVIth Century), consisting of close-helmet, high gorget, breast with tapul, back, taces splayed boldly outwardsto take the bombasted trunks of the period, fingered gauntlet on the righthand and manifer on the left hand. Weight, 421b. 74. Armour for the Joust (Late XVIth Century).—The closehelmet is reinforced with a mentonni^re. The tapul breast has a shouldershield or manteau darmes attached to it by a bolt. The brassards are ofthe usual type, with a pasguard fastened by a pin on the elbow. Thetaces are of two lames, with roped half-turnovers at each extremity, whichseem to have been intended to join a garderein. The tassets are in twoparts, the upper, of two wide plates, being
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