The Armourer and His Craft from the XIth to the XVIth Century

Standard reference offers comprehensive, detailed record of 500 years of European armor?manufacture, materials, tools, cost, weight, etc. Over 100 illus. Bibliography. Contents Include

THE ARMOURER

TOOLS, APPLIANCES, ETC.

IRON AND STEEL

THE CRAFT OF THE ARMOURER

THE PROOF OF ARMOUR

THE DECORATION OF ARMOUR

THE CLEANING OF ARMOUR

THE USE OF FABRICS AND LINEN

THE USE OF LEATHER

THE WEARING OF ARMOUR

THE ARMOURERS' COMPANY OF THE CITY OF LONDON

LISTS OF EUROPEAN ARMOURERS

SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF NOTABLE ARMOURERS

LIST OF ARMOURERS' MARKS POLYGLOT GLOSSARY OF WORDS DEALING WITH ARMOUR AND WEAPONS

APPENDICES

A. "EXTRACT FROM THE RECORDS OF THE ARMOURERS' COMPANY OF LONDON, 1322 (Lib. C, fol. 33)"

B. "REGULATIONS OF THE HEAUMERS' COMPANY, 1347 (City of London Letter Book F, cxlii)"

C. "TREATISE OF WORSHIP IN ARMS, BY JOHAN HILL, ARMOURER, 1434 (Bod. Lib., Ashmole. 856, art. 22, fol. 376)"

D. "TRAITÉ DU COSTUME MILITAIRE, 1146 (Du Costume Militaire des Français en 1446, Bib. Nat., Paris, 1997)"

E. "EXTRACT FROM THE ORDINANCES OF THE ARMOURERS OF ANGERS, ETC., 1448 (Ordonn. des Rois, XX, 156. Rev. d'Aquitaine, XII, Rev. d'Aquitaine, XII, 26. Arch. des B. Pyrénées, E, 302)"

F. "EXPENSES IN THE ROYAL ARMOURIES, TEMP. HENRY VIII (Brit. Mus., Cotton. App. XXVIII, f. 76)"

G. "PETITION OF ARMOURERS TO QUEEN ELIZABETH (Lansdowne MS. 63, f. 5)"

H. "UNDERTAKING OF THE ARMOURERS' COMPANY OF LONDON TO SUPPLY ARMOUR (Records of the Company, 1618)"

I. "PROCLAMATION AGAINST THE USE OF GOLD AND SILVER EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF ARMOUR (State Papers Dom. Jac. I, cv)"

J. "ERECTION OF PLATING-MILLS AT ERITH (State Papers Dom. Jac. I, clxxx)"

K. "REGULATIONS AS TO THE HALL-MARK OF THE ARMOURERS' COMPANY (Rymer, XIX, 314)"

L. "PETITION OF ARMOURERS (State Papers Dom. Car. I, cclxxxix, 93)"

M. "EXTRACT FROM THE SURVEY OF THE TOWER ARMOURY, 1660 (Brit. Mus., Harl. MS. 7457)"

INDEX

Author: Charles ffoulkes
Publisher: Dover
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