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
XXVI. Armour of Sir Christopher Hatton; formerly in the
Spitzer Collection, now in the Royal Armoury, Windsor
Castle 100
XXVII. Drawing by Jacobe Topf, from the same source as
Plate XXV, 18 in the Album 104
XXVIII. Armour of Sir John Smith, by Jacobe Topf. Tower of
London, II, 12 104
XXIX. (1) Armet, middle of the XVI cent.; Musée
d’Artillerie, Paris, H, 89. (2) Armet, engraved and gilt
with heavy reinforcing plates on the left side, end of XVI
cent.; Paris, H, 108. (3) Helm from the tomb of Sir Richard
Pembridge, Hereford Cathedral, _circ._ 1360. It was given
by the Dean of Hereford to Sir Samuel Meyrick, and passed
from him to Sir Noel Paton, and is now in the Museum at
Edinburgh. (4) Parade casque, after Negroli, middle of XVI
cent.; Musée d’Artillerie, Paris, H, 253. (5) Sallad, by
one of the Negroli family, end of XV cent.; Real Armeria,
Madrid, D, 13 108
XXX. Armour of Friedrich des Siegreichen, by Tomaso da
Missaglia, _circ._ 1450; Waffensammlung, Vienna, No. 2.
Armour, _circ._ 1460; Musée d’Artillerie, Paris, G, 5 112
XXXI. Portrait medal of Coloman Colman (Helmschmied),
1470-1532. Designs for saddle steel and visor, by Albert
Dürer, 1517, from the Albertina, Vienna 116
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The author desires to express his thanks for permission to
reproduce illustrations contained in this work to the following:--
Viscount Dillon, Curator of the Tower Armouries; Mr. Guy Laking,
M.V.O., King’s Armourer; M. Charles Buttin, Paris; Mr. Albert
Calvert, London; The Society of Antiquaries; The Archæological
Institute; The Burlington Fine Arts Club; The Curators of the
Musée d’Artillerie, Paris; and of the Johanneum, Dresden; Messrs.
Mansell and Co., Hanfstaengl, Griggs and Co., London; Sgi. Fratelli
Alinari, Florence; Sig. Anderson, Rome; Herren Teufel, Munich;
Löwy, Vienna (publishers of Boeheim’s _Waffensammlungen_); Moeser,
Berlin (publishers of Boeheim’s _Meister der Waffenschmiedkunst_);
Christof Müller, Nuremberg; Seeman, Leipzig (publishers of
Boeheim’s _Waffenkunde_); and Sen. Hauser and Menet, Madrid.
WORKS OF REFERENCE
Allgemeine Zeitung. Various vols.
Angellucci. Doccumenti inediti.
Antiquarian Repertory.
Archæologia. Various vols.
Archæological Journal. Various vols.
Archives Civiques de Lille.
Archives Camerales di Torino.
Armourers’ Company, London, Records of.
Beckman. History of Inventions. 1846.
Belleval, Marquis de. Costume Militaire Français de 1445.
Boeheim. Waffenkunde. 1890.
” Meister der Waffenschmiedekunst. 1897.
” Articles in Jahrbuch des Kunsthist. Sammlungen.
Boileau, Étienne. Livres des Métiers. Edit. 1837.
Buff, A. Augsburger Platner Allge. Zeit. 1892.
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