The history, architecture, and antiquities of the cathedral church of StCanice, Kilkenny . covers the upper part of the body armour fits close to the person, and was probably composed ofleather, strengthened by plates or scales of steel, riveted to each other in bands,the joints being broken after the fashion of roof-tilingb. The arms are encased 1 It has been suggested that the chain mail pisayn that was had of M-Cabe, and a basnet that projecting below the tegulated body armour, Donylloge had.—Harl. MS., 3756, Mus. Brit, merely represents a small skirt of mail attached This is but
The history, architecture, and antiquities of the cathedral church of StCanice, Kilkenny . covers the upper part of the body armour fits close to the person, and was probably composed ofleather, strengthened by plates or scales of steel, riveted to each other in bands,the joints being broken after the fashion of roof-tilingb. The arms are encased 1 It has been suggested that the chain mail pisayn that was had of M-Cabe, and a basnet that projecting below the tegulated body armour, Donylloge had.—Harl. MS., 3756, Mus. Brit, merely represents a small skirt of mail attached This is but one example of numerous similar to the latter; but it appears that haubergeons gifts. By the pisayn was, probably, meant the were worn at the period, as, in 1514, the Earl camail depending from the bascinet. of Kildare gave to Henry Seys the haberion | b This seems to be a unique example of body 160 INSCRIBED MONUMENTS. [sect. IX. in brassarts of plate, each being formed of two pieces coupled together, having coudieres, or elbow-pieces, of small size, with roundels at the elbow and. No. 46. shoulder-joints,—in the latter case worn over the camail. The gauntlets havebeen partially broken away, but are restored from portions which remain com-pared with other examples occurring in the cathedraP. On the head is worn anacutely pointed bascinet, with its visor thrown back ; from the rim of thebascinet depends the camail of chain mail, covering the neck and shoulderslike a tippet. Cuissarts, and jambarts of plate, each formed, like thebrassarts, of front and back pieces coupled together, enclose the legs above andbelow the knees, which are themselves guarded by genouillieres, from beneath which double platesproject above and below, giving additional feet, which rest on a lion, are cased in pointed sol-lerets of plate, joined like a lobsters tail. The sword-belt, buckled obliquely across the hips, is attached tothe upper part of the scabbard, which, before the monu-me
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