The armourer and his craft from the XIth to the XVIth century — John Shaqi
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
The armour shown, with its strongly marked volutes and
decoration, is of a type very common in the Madrid and Turin
armouries, some of which has been ascribed to Pompeo della Chiesa.
We have no clue as to whose workshop this picture represents,
but if taken from life, it must certainly have been that of some
master like Bartolomeo Campi, who, besides being an armourer, was
a bronze-founder and goldsmith as well (see Frontispiece).
FOOTNOTES:
[8] The present writer is commissioning research to this end in
Syria, where the craft still survives.
[9] _Arch. Journ._, XI, 380.
[10] Anvils.
[11] Bickiron.
[12] Sledge-hammer.
[13] Pincers and tongs.
[14] Tools for closing rivets.
[15] Shears.
[16] Bellows.
[17] Rammer (bellows?).
[18] Grindstone.
[19] Spindles (?).
[20] Bucket-hoops.
[21] Winches.
[22] Stone water-trough.
[23] Hearth-stick, poker.
[24] Cutting-iron, shears or cold-chisel.
[25] Marking-iron.
[26] _Archæologia_, XIV, 123; also Meyrick, _Antient Armour_, II, 119.
[27] See page 109.
[28] Rivets.
[29] Round-horned anvil for making tubes.
[30] For beating up a helmet-crest.
[31] For visors.
[32] Uncertain.
[33] Helmet-stake.
[34] For the cuirass.
[35] Shears.
[36] Heavy hammers.
[37] hammers for greaves.
[38] (?)
[39] Riveting-hammer.
[40] Embossing-hammer.
[41] Files.
[42] Poker.
[43] Reprint (Clar. Press, Oxon, 1911), edited by Charles ffoulkes.
[44] _Mém. rel. à l’hist. de France_ (Paris, 1866), p. 191, col. 1.
[45] _Archæologia_, XVIII, 305.
[46] Cott. MS., Vit. c. 10, fol. 154.
[47] _Archæologia_, LVII, also _Arch. Journ._, IV, 226.
[48] _Antiquarian Repertory_, IV, 367.
[49] Pumice-stone.
[50] Expenses of Sir Edw. Guilford, Master of the Armoury.
[51] See also Appendix F.
[52] _Arch. Journ._, XI.
[53] Given in full, Meyrick, _Antient Armour_, III, 106.
[54] A pick? (_Eng. Dialect Dict._)
[55] Bottom stake.
[56] For turning over edges of iron.
[57] This shows that curved shears were also used.
[58] Possibly a nozzle for bellows (_N. E. Dict._).
[59] _Cabinet Cyclopædia_, “Manufacture of Metals,” Lardner, 1831.
[60] _Burlington Magazine_, April, 1911. _Zeitschrift für
Historische Waffenkunde_, V, 10.
IRON AND STEEL
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