LONDON
SEELEY AND CO., LIMITED, GREAT RUSSELL STREET
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1898
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | [INTRODUCTORY] | 5 |
| II. | [CHAIN MAIL] | 17 |
| III. | [GOTHIC ARMOUR] | 23 |
| IV. | [ENRICHED ARMOUR] | 56 |
| V. | [FIREARMS AND GUNLOCKS By Major V. A. FARQUHARSON] | 84 |
| [INDEX] | 95 | |
[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS]
| COLOURED PLATES | PAGE | |
| [I.] | Painted Wooden Shield of the fifteenth century. British Museum | Frontispiece |
| [II.] | A Marauder of the “Bandes de Picardie.” Mr. J. F. Sullivan | 14 |
| [III.] | Half Suit, engraved and parcel-gilt. Duke of Westminster | 24 |
| [IV.] | Gold Damascening on russet ground. Late Italian suit. Tower of London | 30 |
| [V.] | Breast-plate, embossed and parcel-gilt. French. Mr. David Currie | 38 |
| [VI.] | Casque of an Officer of the Guard of Cosmo de’ Medici. Mr. David Currie | 44 |
| [VII.] | Lower part of enriched Chanfron. Suit of Charles I. when prince. Tower of London | 72 |
| [VIII.] | Two Wheel-locks. German and French. Of the seventeenth century. Major Farquharson | 84 |
| ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT | ||
| [1.] | Mail Hauberk from Sinigaglia. Sir Noël Paton’s Collection | 19 |
| [2.] | Standard Collar of Mail. Royal Artillery Institution | 21 |
| [3.] | Gothic Armour. Said to be from the Church of Irene at Constantinople. At Parham | 26 |
| [4,] | 5. Gothic Armour. Said to be from an old mansion in the Tyrol. Front and Back views. Sir Noël Paton’s Collection | 27 |
| [6.] | Gothic Armour. Probably Italian. Sir Noël Paton’s Collection | 29 |
| [7.] | St. Michael. By Perugino. National Gallery | 31 |
| [8.] | The Battle of Sant’ Egidio. By Uccello. National Gallery | 33 |
| [9.] | Carved Relief from the Visconti Tomb in the Certosa at Pavia. South Kensington Museum | 35 |
| [10.] | German late Gothic Suit. Collection of Mr. Morgan Williams | 42 |
| [11.] | Suit of Maximilian Fluted Armour. Belonging to Mr. Percy Macquoid | 43 |
| [12.] | Maximilian Armour from Eaton Hall. In the possession of the Duke of Westminster, K.G. | 45 |
| [13.] | Engraved Maximilian Breast-plate. Burges Collection in the British Museum | 46 |
| [14.] | Portrait. By Piero di Cosimo. National Gallery | 47 |
| [15.] | Helmet. Presented by Maximilian to Henry VIII Tower of London | 48 |
| [16.] | Cap-à-pie Suit of Henry VIII., on a Horse barded with Embossed Burgundian Armour of the time of Henry VII. Tower of London | 49 |
| [17.] | Tilting Helm. Time of Henry VII. Westminster Abbey | 51 |
| [18.] | Tilting Helmet. Early sixteenth century. At Penshurst | 52 |
| [19.] | Tilting Helmet of an Ancestor of Sir Philip Sidney. Penshurst | 52 |
| [20.] | The Sword of Battle Abbey. Fifteenth century. Collection of Sir Noël Paton | 54 |
| [21.] | Sword of the Fourteenth Century with Guard for the Forefinger. Windsor Castle | 54 |
| [22.] | German Armour. Date about 1570. The Duke of Westminster, K.G. | 57 |
| [23.] | Suit of late Italian Armour. Embossed and damascened. Tower of London | 61 |
| [24.] | Fine Italian Breast-plate, c. 1550. Said to have been worn by Philip of Spain. Collection of Mr. David Currie | 63 |
| [25.] | Pair of fine Italian Gauntlets. Possibly belonging to the same Suit as the Breast-plate. Collection of Mr. David Currie | 64 |
| [26.] | Embossed Gorget. French, c. 1550. Collection of Mr. David Currie | 65 |
| [27.] | Silver Armour of Charles II. when prince. Tower of London | 67 |
| [28.] | Sixteenth century Armet of rare form, with double visor. Mr. E. Cozens Smith | 68 |
| [29.] | Suit of parcel-gilt Armour. Made for Charles I. when prince. Tower of London | 69 |
| [30.] | Richly Embossed and Damascened Target. Italian, sixteenth century. Mr. David Currie’s Collection | 71 |
| [31.] | Target of Etched Steel. Italian or German, about 1550. Mr. P. Davidson’s Collection | 73 |
| [32.] | Roundel, with National Badges and Inscription. Belonging to Lord Kenyon | 74 |
| [33.] | Hilt of Two-handed Sword with the Bear and Ragged Staff on the Pommel and Quillons in chased steel. Penshurst | 75 |
| [34.] | Venetian Cinquedea, engraved, with Ivory Handle. The Duke of Norfolk | 77 |
| [35.] | Main-Gauche with Steel Hilt. Belonging to Mr. Percy Macquoid | 78 |
| [36.] | Main-Gauche with Silver Guard. Windsor Castle | 79 |
| [37.] | Rapier with Silver Guard. Windsor Castle | 79 |
| [38.] | Inlaid Ivory Cross-bow. Tower of London | 81 |
| [39.] | Pistol by Lazarino Cominazzo. Collection of Major Farquharson | 87 |
| [40.] | Early German Wheel-lock Pistol, used by the Reiters. Collection of Major Farquharson | 87 |
| [41.] | Richly Decorated Flint-lock. Probably Spanish. Collection of Major Farquharson | 91 |
| [42.] | Snap-hance of Italian make, about 1640. Collection of Major Farquharson | 91 |
| [43,] | 44. Highland Pistols. Collection of Major Farquharson | 92 |