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DOI Artikel:Clephan, Robert Coltman: The Wallace Collection of Arms and Armour, [2]
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acquired from the Goodrich Court Collection, and
is figured in Mr. Skelton’s book, Vol. I, Plate XXII.
No. 247 is fluted like No. 224, but dates pro-
bably a couple of decades earlier, while No. 454,
a Nuremberg harness, closely resembles No. 224;
the breastplate is similar in form, and a double
eagle is cut at the top in the
same manner as on that suit.
Number 233. (Fig. 4.) This
is one of those valuable dated
suits. The year of make, 1555,
being engraved on the harness.
It is tastefully enriched, the
general theme of ornamentation
being an arrangement of masks,
cornucopie, etc. etched on bands
on a dark ground, with a
bordering of foliations. The
breastplate is tapulled, the salient
projection rising a little below
the centre; the right side is
engraved with a representation
of the crucifixion; the cross,
surmounted by INRI, rises from
a pedestal, on which lies a skull.
On the left side is the armed
figure of a knight, kneeling in
prayer. There are other instances
of these inscriptions on armour
at Paris, Dresden and Berlin.
The armour in the Kriegswaffen
Saal at Dresden is dated with
the year 1539, and is attributed
to Wilhelm von Worms, the
Younger; it bears many points
of resemblance to the suit under
discussion. The Berlin example
is black and white, and of a
considerably later date; while
that at Paris, catalogued G
No. 310, is inscribed with the
year 1572. On No. 233, a scroll,
above the figure of the kneeling
knight, bears the legend:
WE- GT D- RG- S- H-D-G-G-
1555. The somewhat convex
roundels are spiked; taces in
two plates, tassets riveted on in
four; the coudes are obtusely
pointed. The gauntlets, which
are articulated, do not belong to
the suit. The harness, as shown on Fig. IV, is freely
bordered with a rope-like design and rows of rivets.
Number 352. This chastely ornamented demi-
suit was acquired frem the Goodrich Court Collec-
tion, and Meyrick dates it about 1530. The breast-
plate reminds one of the work of Wilhelm von
Worms, the Younger. The tassets are long, con-
sisting of nine plates.
Concerning long tassets, Meyrick refers to
an agreement, now deposited in the State Paper
Office, between Henry VIII., and one Captain
Wolff van Goetenburgh, dated at Greenwich in
1544, for the Services of five hundred men-
at-arms; and the armour they are to wear is
Fig. 4.
stipulated to be ,,tassettes couvrantes les genoux".
Numbers 416 and 542 are German demi-
suits in black and white. The gorgets and espaliers
are combined; and the hands and fore-anns are
encased in elbow-gauntlets. This style of armour
was much used by light troops in the second half
of the sixteenth Century.
Number 520. This harness would appear to
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acquired from the Goodrich Court Collection, and
is figured in Mr. Skelton’s book, Vol. I, Plate XXII.
No. 247 is fluted like No. 224, but dates pro-
bably a couple of decades earlier, while No. 454,
a Nuremberg harness, closely resembles No. 224;
the breastplate is similar in form, and a double
eagle is cut at the top in the
same manner as on that suit.
Number 233. (Fig. 4.) This
is one of those valuable dated
suits. The year of make, 1555,
being engraved on the harness.
It is tastefully enriched, the
general theme of ornamentation
being an arrangement of masks,
cornucopie, etc. etched on bands
on a dark ground, with a
bordering of foliations. The
breastplate is tapulled, the salient
projection rising a little below
the centre; the right side is
engraved with a representation
of the crucifixion; the cross,
surmounted by INRI, rises from
a pedestal, on which lies a skull.
On the left side is the armed
figure of a knight, kneeling in
prayer. There are other instances
of these inscriptions on armour
at Paris, Dresden and Berlin.
The armour in the Kriegswaffen
Saal at Dresden is dated with
the year 1539, and is attributed
to Wilhelm von Worms, the
Younger; it bears many points
of resemblance to the suit under
discussion. The Berlin example
is black and white, and of a
considerably later date; while
that at Paris, catalogued G
No. 310, is inscribed with the
year 1572. On No. 233, a scroll,
above the figure of the kneeling
knight, bears the legend:
WE- GT D- RG- S- H-D-G-G-
1555. The somewhat convex
roundels are spiked; taces in
two plates, tassets riveted on in
four; the coudes are obtusely
pointed. The gauntlets, which
are articulated, do not belong to
the suit. The harness, as shown on Fig. IV, is freely
bordered with a rope-like design and rows of rivets.
Number 352. This chastely ornamented demi-
suit was acquired frem the Goodrich Court Collec-
tion, and Meyrick dates it about 1530. The breast-
plate reminds one of the work of Wilhelm von
Worms, the Younger. The tassets are long, con-
sisting of nine plates.
Concerning long tassets, Meyrick refers to
an agreement, now deposited in the State Paper
Office, between Henry VIII., and one Captain
Wolff van Goetenburgh, dated at Greenwich in
1544, for the Services of five hundred men-
at-arms; and the armour they are to wear is
Fig. 4.
stipulated to be ,,tassettes couvrantes les genoux".
Numbers 416 and 542 are German demi-
suits in black and white. The gorgets and espaliers
are combined; and the hands and fore-anns are
encased in elbow-gauntlets. This style of armour
was much used by light troops in the second half
of the sixteenth Century.
Number 520. This harness would appear to
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