The armourer and his craft from the XIth to the XVIth centuryFfoulkes, Charles John
History
The armourer and his craft from the XIth to the XVIth century
Ffoulkes, Charles John
Armor -- History; Armorers; Weapons -- History
-- laminated, 9, 134
Horse-trappers, 84
-- of leather, 98
I
Infantry, Weight of modern equipment of, 118, 119
Iron mills, 58
-- ore, Poisoned, 40
-- Prices of, 39
Isebrook, as used by Shakespeare, 38
J
Jack, Construction of, 49, 50
-- Regulations of Louis XI for, 87
-- stuffed with horn and mail, 92
Jacobi mentioned as master workman, 66
James II, Proclamation against use of gold and silver foliate, 59, 187
Joinville, Armour given by the Prince de, 11
Jousting, Position of rider in, 5
Jousting-armour, Construction of, 7
Jousting-helm, Occularium of, 5
-- Fastenings of, 112
K
Kelk, John, and the Armourers’ “Mannakine,” 125
Knopf, Heinrich, 75
Kugler supplies inferior metal to Seusenhofer, 13, 38, 142
Kyrkenor, Erasmus, 60
L
Lames simulated by embossing, 11
La Noue criticizes weight of armour, 117
Leather horse-armour, 102
-- guns, 99, 102
-- cuisses and morion, 98
Lee, Sir Henry, Armour of, 19, 144
-- -- Helmet of, 89, 145
-- -- Trial of armour by, 66
-- -- Master of the Armouries, 59
Legg, Col. William, Master of the Armouries, 34, 193
“Leicester” suit in the Tower, 57, 144
Lewisham, Armoury mill at, 35
Lindsay helm, 119
Linen armourers, 88, 94
Lochner, Conrad, 136
Locking-gauntlet in Armourers’ Hall, 55, 125, 145
Locking-hooks, 55, 56
Locking-pins, 55
Louis XIV, Armour of, 21
-- Proof mark on armour of, 68
M
Madrid, Armour in, 16, 29, 57, 75, 76, 111, 119, 131-7, 140
Mail cut up for gussets and sleeves, 19
-- Construction of, 44
-- Double, 45
-- Proof of, 62
-- Marking of, 70
-- Painted, 80
-- used at end of sixteenth century, 103
-- Banded, 146
-- makers, 23
Manifer, Main faire, Main de fer, x, 92
Mantegna, Picture of S. George by, 15, 138
Mantua, Francesco di, 134
Marche, Oliver de la, mentions secret tempering for armour, 67
-- -- -- -- leather for duelling-armour, 98
Martin, John, Erection of plating-mills by, 34, 188
-- -- appeals for German platers, 121, 188
Mary of Burgundy, 14
Maximilian I, 133-7
Maximilian II, 2, 14, 134, 136, 141, 142
-- his theories on making armour, 16, 143
Mendlesham, Village armoury at, 18, 90
Merate brothers, 14, 136
Merchant Tailors, 95
Meyrick, Sir Samuel, ix
-- -- his theories on banded mail, 48
-- -- -- -- the burgonet, 54
Milan, 12, 13, 138
-- Important factories of armour in, 15
Milanese armourers employed by Henry VIII, 16, 58
Mildmay, Sir Walter, and the Armourers’ Company, 122
“Milliner” derived from Milaner, 94
Missaglia, The, 21, 137
-- Helm in the Tower by, 7
-- Antonio, Marks of, 50
-- -- Armour by, 14, 139
-- Tomaso, Armour by, 138
Mola, Gasparo, 139
Montauban, Chapeaux de, 12
Moroni, Portraits by, 109
“Muhlberg” suit of Charles V, 57
Multscher, Hans, Statue of S. George by, 14
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