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EUROPEAN ARMOUR AND ARMS<br />

FIG. • PAGE<br />

I02I a, b. Suit of armour for man and horse, probably of French make,<br />

DATED 1537, BY TRADITION MADE FOR JaCQUES GoURDON DE GeNOUILHAC,<br />

Grand Master of artillery to Francis I, showing {a) the armour as<br />

WORN WHEN MOUNTED, WITH SADDLE AND HORSE ARMOUR, AND [d) THE<br />

ARMOUR ON A DISMOUNTED FIGURE. Formerly in the possession of the<br />

Duchesse d'Uzes, now in the Riggs Collection, Metropolitan Museum,<br />

New York . . . . . . . . . . . .229<br />

1022. Locking gauntlet of the Genouilhac suit, showing the design of<br />

THE etching . . . . . . . . . . .231<br />

1023. One part of the great suit of armour made for Henry VIII, probably<br />

OF French make, about 1540. With the exception of the<br />

saddle steels, the horse armour is associated. Removed from the<br />

Tower of London to Windsor Castle in 19 14 by command of H.M.<br />

the King ............ 232<br />

1024. The other part of the great suit of armour, also illustrated in<br />

1025.<br />

FIG. 1023, made for Henry VI 1 1. The poitrel and croupiere are asso-<br />

......... ciated. Tower of London 233<br />

A " falling "<br />

buffe, etched. Tower of London .<br />

. . . . 234<br />

1026.<br />

1027.<br />

Brayette, belonging to the suit illustrated in figs. 1023 and 1024.<br />

Removed ........ from Windsor Castle to the Tower of London in 19 14 by<br />

command of H.M. the King<br />

234<br />

A locking gauntlet, a bridle mitten gauntlet, a pair of cuisses, two<br />

grand-guards, a pair of mitten gauntlets, a reinforcing elbow<br />

plate, and the cantle plates of a saddle. Removed from Windsor<br />

Castle to the Tower of London in 1914 by command of H.M. the King 235<br />

1028. Plates, probably from the croupiere of the horse armour, Henry VIII<br />

suit. Removed from Windsor Castle to the Tower of London in 1914<br />

by command of H.M. the . King . . . . . . 236<br />

1 02 8a. Reinforcing plate of the breastplate of the Genouilhac suit show-<br />

ing the designs of the etching .......<br />

237<br />

1029. The Emperor Maximilian at his armourer's. From the Weiss Kunig . 240<br />

1029A. Gothic pauldrons {a, b). The Rotunda, Woolwich . . . .241<br />

1030. Suit of armour, stated to have been made for Count Andreas von<br />

SoNNENBURG, about 1508, BY KOLOMAN KoLMAN OF AuGSBURG.<br />

Imperial Armoury, Vienna ......... 242<br />

1031. Suit of armour, probably Italian, but in the German fashion, first<br />

QUARTER OF THE XVIth CENTURY. Wallace Collection (Laking<br />

Catalogue, No. 316) . . . . . . . . . . 242<br />

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