[25] Oliver de la Marche, p. 288.

[26] N.E. Dict, gives Armette, a diminutive of Arme. Armez is also found.

[27] Paris, 1606, fol. 42. See Cat. of Helmets, Arch. Journ., xxxvii.

[28] Arch. Journ., xxxvii.

[29] The term Bufe is sometimes wrongly used for the upright shoulder-guards on the pauldron.

[30] Monumenta Vetusta, vol. vi.

[31] This is not the ‘garde-rein’. See p. 62.

[32] That this fashion in helmets was a general one we may judge from the fact that most armouries possess examples of these human-faced helmets.

[33] This suit is shown with the brayette attached; which for obvious reasons is exhibited in most armouries separate from the suit.

[34] Considered to be the same as Topf.