LIST OF FULL-PAGE COLOURED
AND BLACK-WHITE PLATES IN THE TEXT
I. Szczerbiec (The Jagged Sword), the coronation sword
of Polish Kings, 2nd quarter of the 13th century (with
later remodellings). State Collection of Art in the Wawel,
Cracow
II. Armour for the German horse-jousting, made by
Konrad Poler in Nuremberg, about 1500. State Collection
of Art in the Wawel, Cracow
III. Armour of Sigismund Augustus as a youth, made by
Jórg Seusenhofer at Innsbruck, 1533. Magyar Nemzeti
Muzeum, Budapest
IV. Shirt of mail of Transylvanian make, about 1640,
attributed to Ladislaus IV. State Collection of Art in the
Wawel, Cracow
V. “Karacena” armour of Stanislas Jabłonowski, Grand
Hetman of the Crown, about 1680. National Museum,
Cracow
VI. “Bulawa” baton “of Wiśniowiecki”, Armenian, Po-
land, 2nd half of the 17th century. National Museum, The
Czartoryski Collection, Cracow
VII. “Kalkan” shield of Turkish make, before 1683
(Vienna booty). National Museum, The Czartoryski
Collection, Cracow
VIII. Hussar armour, with wings and leopard skin, later
type, about 1700. State Collection of Art in the Wawel,
Cracow
IX. Two Karabela sabres and parade hussar sabre, the 18th
century. National Museum, Cracow
X. Saddle and trappings, Poland, lst quarter of the 18th
century. National Museum, The Czartoryski Collection,
Cracow
XI. Cuirrasier armour, southern Germany, about 1640.
State Collection of Art in the Wawel, Cracow
XII. Match-wheel-lock gun, Nuremberg, 1599. National
Museum, Cracow
XIII. 1. Henry IV Probus, effigy of the early 14th century.
National Museum, Wroclaw
XIII. 2. Seals of Mieszko III the Old, 2nd half of the 12th
century, and of Siemomysl of Cuyavia, 1284
XIII. 3. Pogoń — coat of arms, fragment of Ladislaus
Jagiello tomb, 2nd quarter of the 15th century. Wawel
Cathedral, Cracow
XIII. 4. Wierzbięta of Branice, fragment of epitaph
painting, about 1425. National Museum, Cracow
XIII. 5. The Legnica Battle, fragment of so-called Ber-
nardine Panel, 1430. National Museum, Warsaw
XIV. 1. Anonymous Polish knight, fragment of The Jur-
ków Triptych, about 1460. Parish Church at Jurków
XIV. 2. Group of knights, fragment of The Trinity
Triptych, about 1467. Wawel Cathedral, Cracow
XIV. 3. Nicholas Szydlowiecki, a miniature portrait by
Stanislas Samostrzelnik in Liber Geneseos Illustris Fa-
miliae Szidloviciae, 1531-32. Museum and Library of
Polish Academy of Sciences, Kórnik
XIV. 4. St. George, fragment of The Trinity Triptych,
about 1467. Wawel Cathedral, Cracow
XIV. 5-6. Polish army crossing Dniepr river, fragment of
The Orsza Battle painting, about 1520. National Museum,
Warsaw
XV. 1-2. Parade of Polish army in front of Sigismund I,
fragment of murals of the Royal Wawel Castle, 1534-35,
Cracow
XV. 3-4. Stephen Batory and Radziwill the Orphan,
portrait engravings in the Armamentarium Heroicum... of
Jacob Schrenck von Notzing, 1601
XV. 5. Triumph of Ladislaus IV over Abasi-pasha in 1633,
a relief of royal coffin, before 1648. Wawel Cathedral,
Cracow
XVI. 1-4. The so-called Stockholm Roll, after 1605,
fragments: royal standard-bearer, hussar cavalry, guard
of the painters’ and goldsmiths’ guild in foreign military
style, detachment of haiduks in Hungarian infantry style.
Royal Castle, Warsaw
XVI. 5. Polish costumes sample-painting, the early 17th
century. National Museum, Poznań
XVI. 6. Polish foot soldier recruited from peasants,
fragment of pl. XVI. 5
XVI. 7. Michael Rzewuski, military scribe of the Crown,
in complete “karacena” armour, before 1769. Castle of
Olesko (USSR)
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
1. Spear of St. Maurice, before 1000. Wawel, Cathedral
Treasury, Cracow
2. Helmet from Gorzuchy, lOth-llth century. National
Museum (deposit of the Jagiellonian University Museum)
Cracow
3. Helmet from Giecz, lOth-llth century. Archeological
Museum, Poznań
4. Helmet from Olszówka, lOth-llth century. Polish
Army Museum, Warsaw
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AND BLACK-WHITE PLATES IN THE TEXT
I. Szczerbiec (The Jagged Sword), the coronation sword
of Polish Kings, 2nd quarter of the 13th century (with
later remodellings). State Collection of Art in the Wawel,
Cracow
II. Armour for the German horse-jousting, made by
Konrad Poler in Nuremberg, about 1500. State Collection
of Art in the Wawel, Cracow
III. Armour of Sigismund Augustus as a youth, made by
Jórg Seusenhofer at Innsbruck, 1533. Magyar Nemzeti
Muzeum, Budapest
IV. Shirt of mail of Transylvanian make, about 1640,
attributed to Ladislaus IV. State Collection of Art in the
Wawel, Cracow
V. “Karacena” armour of Stanislas Jabłonowski, Grand
Hetman of the Crown, about 1680. National Museum,
Cracow
VI. “Bulawa” baton “of Wiśniowiecki”, Armenian, Po-
land, 2nd half of the 17th century. National Museum, The
Czartoryski Collection, Cracow
VII. “Kalkan” shield of Turkish make, before 1683
(Vienna booty). National Museum, The Czartoryski
Collection, Cracow
VIII. Hussar armour, with wings and leopard skin, later
type, about 1700. State Collection of Art in the Wawel,
Cracow
IX. Two Karabela sabres and parade hussar sabre, the 18th
century. National Museum, Cracow
X. Saddle and trappings, Poland, lst quarter of the 18th
century. National Museum, The Czartoryski Collection,
Cracow
XI. Cuirrasier armour, southern Germany, about 1640.
State Collection of Art in the Wawel, Cracow
XII. Match-wheel-lock gun, Nuremberg, 1599. National
Museum, Cracow
XIII. 1. Henry IV Probus, effigy of the early 14th century.
National Museum, Wroclaw
XIII. 2. Seals of Mieszko III the Old, 2nd half of the 12th
century, and of Siemomysl of Cuyavia, 1284
XIII. 3. Pogoń — coat of arms, fragment of Ladislaus
Jagiello tomb, 2nd quarter of the 15th century. Wawel
Cathedral, Cracow
XIII. 4. Wierzbięta of Branice, fragment of epitaph
painting, about 1425. National Museum, Cracow
XIII. 5. The Legnica Battle, fragment of so-called Ber-
nardine Panel, 1430. National Museum, Warsaw
XIV. 1. Anonymous Polish knight, fragment of The Jur-
ków Triptych, about 1460. Parish Church at Jurków
XIV. 2. Group of knights, fragment of The Trinity
Triptych, about 1467. Wawel Cathedral, Cracow
XIV. 3. Nicholas Szydlowiecki, a miniature portrait by
Stanislas Samostrzelnik in Liber Geneseos Illustris Fa-
miliae Szidloviciae, 1531-32. Museum and Library of
Polish Academy of Sciences, Kórnik
XIV. 4. St. George, fragment of The Trinity Triptych,
about 1467. Wawel Cathedral, Cracow
XIV. 5-6. Polish army crossing Dniepr river, fragment of
The Orsza Battle painting, about 1520. National Museum,
Warsaw
XV. 1-2. Parade of Polish army in front of Sigismund I,
fragment of murals of the Royal Wawel Castle, 1534-35,
Cracow
XV. 3-4. Stephen Batory and Radziwill the Orphan,
portrait engravings in the Armamentarium Heroicum... of
Jacob Schrenck von Notzing, 1601
XV. 5. Triumph of Ladislaus IV over Abasi-pasha in 1633,
a relief of royal coffin, before 1648. Wawel Cathedral,
Cracow
XVI. 1-4. The so-called Stockholm Roll, after 1605,
fragments: royal standard-bearer, hussar cavalry, guard
of the painters’ and goldsmiths’ guild in foreign military
style, detachment of haiduks in Hungarian infantry style.
Royal Castle, Warsaw
XVI. 5. Polish costumes sample-painting, the early 17th
century. National Museum, Poznań
XVI. 6. Polish foot soldier recruited from peasants,
fragment of pl. XVI. 5
XVI. 7. Michael Rzewuski, military scribe of the Crown,
in complete “karacena” armour, before 1769. Castle of
Olesko (USSR)
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
1. Spear of St. Maurice, before 1000. Wawel, Cathedral
Treasury, Cracow
2. Helmet from Gorzuchy, lOth-llth century. National
Museum (deposit of the Jagiellonian University Museum)
Cracow
3. Helmet from Giecz, lOth-llth century. Archeological
Museum, Poznań
4. Helmet from Olszówka, lOth-llth century. Polish
Army Museum, Warsaw
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