Pistols, 226 Plain pile, 180 Plastron-de-fer, 31, 35, 110 Pluteus, 190, 191 Pluvinel, 79 Poleyns, 111 Pole-axe, 196 Poniard, 177 Pourpoint, 32, 33 Powder flasks, 227 _Practice of Arms_ (Sutcliffe), 204 Procopius, 151, 159, 189, 193, 196 Prodd crossbow, 186 Psalter (Loutterell), 28, 44, 49 Pursuivant-at-arms, 35, 52, 77 Q. Quarrels, 184 Queue for lance, 95 R. Ranseur, 203 Rapier, 169, 170 _Recherches Historiques sur les Costumes des Gildes, etc._, 198 Reinforcing pieces, 41, 94, 148 Religious military orders, 41 “Renaissance” ornamentation, 157 René d’Anjou, 78 “Rennen” at Innsbruck in 1498, 86 Rerebrace, 106 Ribaudequin, 189 Rifled cannon, 215 Rifling barrels, 224 Ringler, Hieronymus, 149 Ringlerennen, 94 Robinet, 189 Rockenberger, Sigmund, 87, 139 Roll of purchases, Windsor tournament, 42, 44 Roll of purchases at Holy Island, Northumberland, anno 1446, 219 Romans, 16, 17 Roman influence, 17 Rondelles, 105 Rosenberger, Hans, 87 Rotunda collection, Woolwich, 98, 115 Round table game, 81 Routiers, 58 Ruiz, Antonio and Francisca, 156 Running at the ring, 94 Rustred mail, 27 S. Sabre, 164 Saddles, 89, 91, 93 Sallad, 97 Sautoir, 52 Scale armour, 31, 35, 37, 63 Scale work, 107 Schiavona, 173 Schiesspringle, 202 Schwarz, 156 _Schwenkh’s Hans Wappenmeistersbuch_, 84 Scimitar, 162 Scorpion, 188 Scottish basket-hilted swords, 173 Scramasax, 175 Scutage, 57 Scythe-knife, 200 Seals: William the Conqueror, 26; Henry I., 27; Henry II., 27; Richard I., 27; Henry III., 28; John, 32; Edward II., 48 Serabagio, Giovanni Battista, 139, 147 Seusenhofer, Conrad, 130, 132 Seusenhofer, Hans, 66, 133 Seusenhofer, Jörg, 95, 133, 141 Seusenhofers, the, 63, 132, 156 Sharfrennen, 86, 88 Shields, 25, 26, 27, 112, 113 Shirt of mail, 52 Sieges: Rochelle, 182; Romorantin, 192; Sancerre, 193; Cambray, 205; Vannes, 206; Oudenarde, 206; Quesnoy, 206; Calais, 207; Hohensalzburg, 207; Orleans, 212; Lucca, 217 Silver’s _Paradox of Defence_, 198 Silver, George, 169 Sixl, Major, writing in _Zeitschrift für hist. Waffenkunde_, 219 Sleeping figures in Lincoln Cathedral, 195 Sling stones, 193 Solidified iron rings found at Nineveh, 21; at Chester-le-Street, 20; at South Shields, 21 Solingen blades, 172 Sollerets, 31, 111 Sow or cat, 190, 191 Spacino, 156 Spadroon, 172 Spanish sword-blades, 172 Spanner for wheel-lock, 224 Spear, 193 Spetum, 203 Speyer, Peter von, 134; Wolf von, 91 Splint armour, 37 Spontoon, 203 Spurs, 52, 87, 113 Stammbaum of the Hohenzollerns, 120 Standard of mail, 39, 49, 102 Statue of St. George at Prague, 102 Stature of men in the Middle Ages, 64 Statute of Florence, anno 1315, 50