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THE ARMOURER AND HIS CRAFT
UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME
PASTE By A. Beresford Ryley
KAISER FRIEDRICH MUSEUM, BERLIN
THE ARMOURER
AND HIS CRAFT
FROM THE XIth TO THE XVIth CENTURY
By CHARLES FFOULKES, B.Litt.Oxon.
WITH SIXTY-NINE DIAGRAMS IN THE TEXT AND THIRTY-TWO PLATES
METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON
First Published in 1912
Printed in Great Britain
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE VISCOUNT DILLON, Hon. M.A. Oxon.
V.P.S.A., Etc. Etc.
CURATOR OF THE TOWER ARMOURIES
PREFACE
I do not propose, in this work, to consider the history or developmentof defensive armour, for this has been more or less fullydiscussed in works which deal with the subject from the historicalside of the question. I have rather endeavoured to compile a workwhich will, in some measure, fill up a gap in the subject, by collectingall the records and references, especially in English documents, whichrelate to the actual making of armour and the regulations which controlledthe Armourer and his Craft. At the same time it is impossibleto discuss this branch of the subject without overlapping in somedetails the existing works on Arms and Armour, but such repetitionhas only been included because it bears directly on the making, selling,or wearing of armour.
I have intentionally omitted all reference to the sword and otherweapons of offence, for this would have unduly increased the size ofthe present work, and the subject is of such importance that it deservesa full consideration in a separate volume.
The original limits of this work have been considerably enlargedsince it was offered as a thesis for the Degree of Bachelor of Lettersin the University of Oxford in the Michaelmas Term, 1911. Apolyglot glossary has been included, as this is a detail which has beenpractically overlooked by all English writers. The subject of