ILLUSTRATIONS.

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1. TRANSITIONAL GOTHIC SUIT AT MUNICH Frontispiece
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2. GREAT HELMS AT BERLIN 48
3. MOUNTED SUIT WITH BARDS, IN THE KUNGL. LIFRUSTKAMMAR COLLECTION, STOCKHOLM 67
4. SHARFRENNEN AT MINDEN IN 1545 88
5. SUIT AT DRESDEN FOR SHARFRENNEN, DATE 1554 88
6. TILTING SUIT AT NUREMBERG, FOR THE GERMAN GESTECH 90
7. TILTING SUIT FOR THE ITALIAN COURSE (WELSCHES GESTECH) 91
8. AN ITALIAN COURSE AT AUGSBURG IN 1510 (WELSCHES GESTECH) 91
9. ARMOUR FOR THE FREITURNIER AT DRESDEN 92
10. REINFORCING PIECES FOR THE TOURNAMENT 95
11. DO.DO.DO. 95
12. TILTING HELM AT HAUGHTON CASTLE, NORTHUMBERLAND 96
13. SALLADS, ETC. 98
14. BRAYETTE IN CHAIN-MAIL, AT BERLIN 109
15. PAGEANT SHIELD, FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF PRINCE CARL OF PRUSSIA 113
16. EFFIGY OF RICHARD BEAUCHAMP, EARL OF WARWICK, IN ST. MARY’S CHURCH, WARWICK 119
17. GOTHIC SUIT AT SIGMARINGEN 120
18. GOTHIC SUIT AT BERLIN 122
19. GOTHIC SUIT, IN THE AUTHOR’S COLLECTION 124
20. FLUTED MAXIMILIAN SUIT AT BERLIN 127
21. FLUTED MAXIMILIAN SUIT AT MUNICH 128
22. FLUTED MAXIMILIAN SUIT, WITH GROTESQUE HELMET 128
23. PLAIN MAXIMILIAN SUIT, IN THE AUTHOR’S COLLECTION 128
24. MOUNTED MAXIMILIAN SUIT, WITH BARDS 130
25. SUIT WITH LAMBOYS, IN THE AUTHOR’S COLLECTION 130
26. SUIT BY PETER VON SPEYER OF ANNABERG, DATED 1560 135
27. PLAIN DEMI-SUIT, IN THE AUTHOR’S COLLECTION 136
28. BLACK AND WHITE DEMI-SUIT, IN THE AUTHOR’S COLLECTION 137
29. LATE SUIT AT MUNICH, 1590–1620 137
30. LATE SUIT AT BRANCEPETH CASTLE, DURHAM 138
ENRICHED ARMOUR.
31. SUITS BY JÖRG SEUSENHOFER, OF INNSBRUCK 141
32. CUIRASS AND TASSETS AT DRESDEN 141
33. SUIT AT ALNWICK CASTLE, NORTHUMBERLAND 142
34. SOME DETAILS OF THE SUIT AT ALNWICK CASTLE 144
35. SUIT BY LUCIO PICCININO, OF MILAN 144
36. REPOUSSÉ ARMOUR AT BERLIN 145
37. SUIT OF THE DUC D’OSUNA 146
38. SOME DETAILS OF THE OSUNA SUIT 147
39. SUIT BY ANTON PEFFENHAUSER, AT MADRID 148
WEAPONS.
40. ENRICHED SWORD, SECOND HALF SIXTEENTH CENTURY 156
41. HAND-GUNS, RENAISSANCE WORK 157
42. TWO-HANDED SWORDS, FLAMBERGES, AND DAGGERS 166
43. ANELACE AT BERLIN 176
44. SWORD OF CHARLES V., ABOUT 1530 168
45. RAPIERS—GERMAN, SPANISH, AND ITALIAN 169
46. SCHIAVONA, IN THE AUTHOR’S COLLECTION 173
47. CROSSBOWS AND QUARRELS 185
48. PRINCIPLE OF THE BALLISTA 204
49. STAFF AND CLUB WEAPONS, ETC. 204
50. EARLY ARTILLERY 210
51. EARLY HAND-GUNS 228