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
1619. SWORD PRESENTED TO JOHN II. OF CASTILE BY THE POPE EUGENIUS IV.
1711. HALBERD OF CHARLES V.
1529. IRON RING, WITH POINTS INSIDE.
1588. BRACELET OF ALI PASHA, TURKISH ADMIRAL AT LEPANTO.
1502, 1544. MOORISH QUIVERS.
1556, 1605. MALAY BATTLE-AXES, IN WOOD.
1620. SWORD OF DIEGO GARCIA PAREDES.
1606. WOODEN STIRRUP.
1644. TWO-HANDED SWORD, EARLY 15TH CENTURY.
1554. QUIVER WITH ARROWS OF THE CACIQUE GUARIMACOA.
2535. HALBERD PLATE, 15TH CENTURY.
1585. MOORISH BOARDING WEAPON, 15TH CENTURY.]
[Illustration: PLATE 194.
1776. ESPADON OR LARGE TWO-HANDED SWORD OF CHARLES V.
1878. SWORD OF THE COUNT LEMOS.
1862. VALENCIAN SWORD OF FERDINAND D’ALARCON.
1976, 1968. BEAUTIFUL PISTOLS OF 16TH CENTURY.
567. CHAMFRON WHICH BELONGED TO PHILIP IV.
1775. ESPADON OF DIEGO GARCIA DE PAREDES.
1848. FLAMING SWORD OF DON JUAN OF AUSTRIA, SON OF PHILIP IV.
1852. SWORD OF PEDRO MENDEZ DE AVILES.]
[Illustration: PLATE 195.
1762. SWORD OF CARDINAL FERNANDO, BROTHER OF PHILIP IV.
1924, 1806, 1833. PIECES OF BARDING FOR A HORSE.
1649. SWORD OF THE COUNT OF BENAVENTE, MADE AT ZARAGOZA.
1634. ESPADON.
1599. SCIMITAR OF DON JUAN OF AUSTRIA.
1598. SPANISH-MORESQUE SWORD.
1729, 1767. MACES, 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES.]
[Illustration: PLATE 196.
1765. TWO-HANDED SWORD OF FERDINAND V., THE CATHOLIC.
1662. SWORD IN ITS SHEATH, STUDDED WITH JEWELS.
1713. TWO-HANDED SWORD OF CHARLES V.
1706, 1701. MACES OF THE CONSTABLE OF BOURBON, TIME OF CHARLES V.
1700, 1707. STIRRUPS, OF TURKISH FORM OF CHARLES V.]
[Illustration: PLATE 197.
629. GILDED HANDLE TO CROSSBOW.
1529. IRON RING, WITH SPIKES INSIDE, WHICH THE MOORS USED AS AN
INSTRUMENT OF EXECUTION.
598. FLEMISH CROSSBOW, 16TH CENTURY.
628. CROSSBOW, INCRUSTED WITH IVORY.
640. CROSSBOW OF THE DUKE OF ALBA.
1522. ARABIAN SPUR.
1538. SHIELD FOR CROSSBOWMAN.
GAFFLES FOR STRETCHING THE STRING OF THE CROSSBOW.]
[Illustration: PLATE 198.
TROPHY FORMED OF DIFFERENT WEAPONS, BY E. DE ZULOAGA.]
[Illustration: PLATE 199.
TROPHY FORMED OF SEVERAL PIECES OF ARMOUR OF PHILIP II.]
[Illustration: PLATE 200.
MARKS USED BY THE PRINCIPAL SWORD-MAKERS OF TOLEDO UNTIL THE BEGINNING
OF THE 18TH CENTURY.]
[Illustration: PLATE 200A.
KEY TO THE FOREGOING.]
[Illustration: PLATE 201.
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).]
[Illustration: PLATE 202.
HEADS OF SPANISH LANCES USED FOR TILTS AND TOURNAMENTS, 15TH TO 17TH
CENTURIES, POINTED, ROUND HEADED, OR FURCATED.]
[Illustration: PLATE 203.
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.]
[Illustration: PLATE 204.
J 28. HUNTING CROSSBOW, EARLY 16TH CENTURY.]
[Illustration: J 18. SPANISH HUNTING CROSSBOW OF CHARLES V.]
[Illustration: J 37. SMALL HUNTING CROSSBOW, 16TH CENTURY.]
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