ANCIENT ARMOUR
AND
WEAPONS IN EUROPE:
FROM THE
IRON PERIOD OF THE NORTHERN NATIONS TO THE ENDOF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY:
WITH
ILLUSTRATIONS FROM COTEMPORARY MONUMENTS.
By JOHN HEWITT,
MEMBER OF THE ARCHÆOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF GREAT BRITAIN.
OXFORD and LONDON:
JOHN HENRY and JAMES PARKER.
MDCCCLV.
PRINTED BY MESSRS. PARKER, CORN-MARKET, OXFORD.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ENGRAVINGS.
| 1. (Frontispiece.) Great Seals of King Richard Cœur-de-Lion.The first of these (with the rounded helmet) has been drawnfrom impressions appended to Harleian Charters, 43, C. 27;43, C. 29; and 43, C. 30; and Carlton Ride Seals, i. 19. Inthis, as in other cases, more seals have been examined, but itseems unnecessary to supply references to any but the bestexamples. The king wears the hauberk of chain-mail withcontinuous coif, over a tunic of unusual length. Thechausses are also of chain-mail, and there is an appearanceof a chausson at the knee, but the prominence of the seal atthis part has caused so much obliteration, that the existenceof this garment may be doubted. The helmet is rounded atthe top, and appears to be strengthened by bands passinground the brow and over the crown. The shield is bowed,and the portion in sight ensigned with a Lion: it is armedwith a spike in front, and suspended over the shoulders bythe usual guige. Other points of this figure will be noticedat a later page. Second Great Seal of Richard I. Drawn from impressionsin the British Museum: Harl. Charter, 43, C. 31, and SelectSeals, xvi. 1; and Carlton Ride Seals, H. 17. The armour,though differently expressed from that of the first seal, isprobably intended to represent the same fabric; namely, interlinkedchain-mail. The tunic is still of a length whichseems curiously ill-adapted to the adroit movements of animble warrior. The shield of the monarch is one of themost striking monuments of the Herald's art: the vagueornament of Richard's earlier shield has given place to theThree Lions Passant Gardant so familiar to us all in the[Pg iv]royal arms of the present day. The king wears the plaingoad spur, and is armed with the great double-edged sword,characteristic of the period. The helmet is described atpage 141. The saddle is an excellent example of the War-saddleof this date. | |
| Page | |
| Vignette.—Knightly monument combined with an Altar-drain,in the Church of Long Wittenham, Berkshire: of the closeof the thirteenth century. The whole is of small proportions,the statue of the knight not exceeding tw ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |
