Bamberg, wooden figures at, 23. Banded mail, 20. Barding, 89. Barrel helm, 25, 26. Bascinet, 39; of Henry VIII, proof marks on, 55; 'pig-faced,' 42; precursor of salade, 82. Baselard, 103. Bases, 77; of steel, 75. Battle-axe, 107. Bayeux Tapestry, 19, 23, 24, 26, 87, 106. Bayonet, 106. Beauchamp effigy, 69; pageants, 66. Beavor, 82; derivation of, 64. Berardi, Gulielmus, monument of at Florence, 36. Berlin Zeughaus, 34. Besague, 39, 68. Bill, 103. Black Prince, effigy of, 39; gauntlets of, 33; helm of, 41; jupon of, 40; shield of, 46. Blore, _Monumental Remains_, 69. Boeheim, Wendelin, _Waffenkunde_, 21, 65. Bossoirs, 90. Bracer, 107. Brayette, 62, 93 (_note_). Breast- and back-pieces, fastenings of, 59; discarded, 98. Breech of mail, 62. Bregander nayles, 33. Brescia, Battle of, on Visconti monument at Pavia, 90. Brigandine, 16, 30, 66. Brussels, horse cuissard at, 91. Buffe, 83. Burgkmair, Hans, _Weisskunig_, 65, 70. Burgonet, 83, 97. Burgundian horse armour in Tower, 91. Burgundy, enriched salade of Duke of, 82. C Cabasset, 83. Calverley, Sir H., at Battle of Auray, 81; monument of, 40. Camail, 38, 41. Cantle, 90. Cap worn under helm, 27. Carnet, 42. Cervellière, 28. Chain-mail harmed by rain, 25. Chamfron, 89. Chapel-de-fer, 82. Charlemagne, armour of, 15. Charles I, armour of, 96, 98. Chartier, Jean, describes horse trappings, 87. Chaucer, 33, 34, 36, 61. Chausses, 24. Chaussons, 24. Christ Church, Oxford, window at, 29. Christian II, enriched armour of Elector, at Dresden, 91. _Chroniques de Charlemaine_, 36. Cinquedea, 103. Clavones, 89. Claymore, 102. 'Cloth-yard' arrow, 107. 'Clous perdus,' 97. Coat of defence, 34. Coif of mail, 27. Coronal, 103. Coronation of George IV, 98, 99. Corrugated iron similar to Maximilian armour, 74. Cosson, Baron de, 64, 66, 70, 82; advice to students of armour, 109; disputes Meyrick's theory of burgonet, 83. Coucy, Mathieu de, 68. Coude, 36, 50. Covers to helmets, 42. Cranach, Lucas, tilting lances drawn by, 103. Croissants, 68. Crossbow, used for proving armour, 47; varieties of, 108. Crossbows forbidden by the Popes, 107. Crupper or croupière, 90. Crusades, 25. Cruso on the discarding of armour, 98. Cuirass of leather, 15. Cuirbouilli, 34; crest of, 41; helms of, 27; horse armour of, 89; leg armour of, 36; poleynes of, 35; shields of, 46. Cuissard, 50; for horse, 91. Cuisses, 39, 50; laminated, 58, 81; taken off in battle, 81; for tilting, 77. Cutilax, 102. Cutlas, 102. Cyclas, 38. D Dagger, 102. Davies, Edward, 81. 'Defaut de la cuirasse,' 68. Destrier, 87. Dilge, 77. Dillon, Viscount, 39, 50, 52, 55, 61, 66, 91. Dussack, 102.
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