REVIEWS
AQUAMANILE (MIDDLE THIR-
TEENTH CENTURY), IN BAR-
GELLO MUSEUM, FLORENCE
(From “European Armour and
Arms,” by Sir Guy Taking)
Sir Guy Laking, and though death, abruptly
intervening ere his signature to the preface
was scarcely dry, has robbed him of the
gratification of seeing the first instalment
launched, his memory will long be kept
alive by the fruits of his labours as em-
bodied in this monument of his unremit-
ting industry and encyclopaedic knowledge.
We gather from the publishers’ announce-
ment that it was practically completed at
39
AQUAMANILE (MIDDLE THIR-
TEENTH CENTURY), IN BAR-
GELLO MUSEUM, FLORENCE
(From “European Armour and
Arms,” by Sir Guy Taking)
Sir Guy Laking, and though death, abruptly
intervening ere his signature to the preface
was scarcely dry, has robbed him of the
gratification of seeing the first instalment
launched, his memory will long be kept
alive by the fruits of his labours as em-
bodied in this monument of his unremit-
ting industry and encyclopaedic knowledge.
We gather from the publishers’ announce-
ment that it was practically completed at
39