Cuissard for the off hock
Padded 'harnische-kappe' and helm showing the attachment of the cap, after Dürer
Sixteenth-century Suit of Plate
Harnischmeister Albrecht, 1480
The Workshop of Conrad Seusenhofer
From Romance of Alexander, Bib. Nat., Paris, circ. 1240
Arming a knight for combat in the lists
Coif of Mail
The Westminster Helm
Brass of an unknown knight
The Brocas Helm
Horse Armour, sixteenth century
Knight arming
The Barendyne Helm
The Fogge Helm
From the 'Armourers Album'
Saint George
Sallad with cover
Brass of Sir John de Creke
Cuirass
Swords
Fig. 1. Found in the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Fairford. It measures upwards of 2 ft. 11 inches, and is one of the finest examples extant. Fig. 2. In the Hon. Mr. Neville's collection : found in the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire. Length of blade, 2 ft. 7 in. It retains the bronze mountings of the sheath, which have been gilt. Fig. 3. Same collection and find • a specimen re-markable for the cross-piece at the hilt. Fig. 4 Ancient-. Irish Sword of the same period : length, 30 inches. From Mr. Wakeman's paper in vol. iii. of Colleetanea Antigua. Fig. 5. Danish sword with engraved runes : in the Copenhagen Museum. Fig. 6. Danish : from the Annaler for Nordisk Oldkyndighed. Remarkable for the form of its cross-piece
A Sprinkle or Hand-Flail of bronze
From the Museum of Mitau in Courland
Swords
Fig. 7. Norwegian Sword. The pommel and cross-piece are of iron. Figs. 8 to 11. From Livonian graves : the originals are in the British Museum. Fig. 10 is single-edged : its pommel and the chape of the scabbard are of bronze. Fig. 11 has its pommel and guard ornamented with silver
10th Century soldier
Figure of Goliath, from a Latin Psalter of the tenth century in the British Museum Additional MS., No. 18,043. The hauberk is coloured blue in the original, apparently indicating chain-mail. The curious combed helmet is of the same hue, clearly implying a defence of iron.
Anglo-Saxon Spearmen
Anglo-Saxon spearmen, from the fine manuscript of Prudentius in the Tenison Library. Date, the beginning of the eleventh century. The drawings are in pen-and-ink only, but very carefully executed: the later subjects by a fresh hand, but all Anglo-Saxon work.
Anglo-Saxon warriors
Group from Cottonian MS., Claudius, B. iv., folio 24: Aelfric's Anglo-Saxon Paraphrase of the Pentateuch, &c. Date about 1000. The crowned figure in the centre appears to be armed in a coat of chain-mail
Anglo-Saxon soldiers
Another group from Cotton MS., Claudius, B. iv.
Civic Guard of Ghent (Brotherhood of St. Sebastian)