Spanish Arms and Armour: Being a Historical and Descriptive Account of the Royal Armoury of MadridCalvert, Albert Frederick
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Spanish Arms and Armour: Being a Historical and Descriptive Account of the Royal Armoury of Madrid
Calvert, Albert Frederick
Arms and armor -- Spain; Real Armería de Madrid
Marks used by the principal Sword-makers of Toledo until the beginning
of the 18th century, 200
Key to the foregoing, 200A
Heads of Spanish Lances and Pikes, 15th to 17th centuries. ‘The Pike I
would have, if it might be, of Spanish Ash, and between 20 and 22 feet
long.’--Sutcliffe, _Practice of Arms_ (1593), 201
Heads of Spanish Lances used for Tilts and Tournaments, 15th to 17th
centuries, pointed, round headed, or furcated, 202
Spanish Knives employed by the chief Carver at the Royal Table the
Handles of which are richly decorated with the Spanish Arms of the
time of Philip IV, 203
J 28. Hunting Crossbow, early 16th century, 204
J 18. Spanish Hunting Crossbow of Charles V, 204
J 37. Small Hunting Crossbow, 16th century, 204
H 9. Martel-de-Fer, early 16th century, 205
H 6. Battle-axe, middle 16th century, 205
H 14. Battle-mace, late 15th century, 205
H 15. Battle-mace of Charles V, 205
1987, 1992. Spanish Arquebuses, end of 16th century, 206
1955. Petronel, 16th century, 206
1961. Spanish Arquebus, with octagonal Barrel inlaid with Mother of
Pearl and Ivory, 16th century, 206
1972, 1977,} 1946.} Keys or Cranks to cock the Arquebuses, 206
1602. Elegant Sabre of a ‘Chef d’Estradiots’ (Venetian) given to
Philip III, 207
2243, 2285. Spanish Knives, with Spanish Arms, time of Philip
IV, 207
1577, 1578. Persian Sabres, 207
1604. Gourma, or Dagger, 207
1579. Sabre of unknown origin, 207
1600. Misrae or Scimitar of Ali Pasha, Turkish Admiral at
Lepanto, 207
1572. Miserecorde, or Dagger, of Diego Garcia de Paredes, 207
1566. Dagger of Charles V, 207
1580. Dagger of the Kabyles, 207
1562. Manople or Moorish Boarding-sword, 14th-15th centuries, 207
2167. Repeating Hunting Gun, 208
2296. Turkish Cannon Tinder, 208
2140. Hunting Gun with twelve Shots, 208
2164. Repeating Gun, made in 1705, 208
2534. The Barrel of a Breech-loading Gun, 208
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