Pictures from The Royal Armoury at Leeds, England

by Christian Tobler

These pics were taken in 1996.

l1 l2 h3


l4 l5
Pics 1-5 are a reproduction early 14th C. harness. Of particular interest are the gutter-shaped greaves, gamboised cuisses and the maille beneath.


l6
A quite nice late 15th C. harness		 l7
Half of a late 15th C. harness		 l8
Side view of hte German Gothic harness that everyone's familiar with from the cover of "Arms and Armour of the Medieval Knight


l9
A familiar piece illustrated in sundry books		l10
The Royal Armouries Fight Interpretors performing a pollaxe fight based on the 15th C. treatise "Le Jeu de la Hache" 		l11
Christian and others conferring with one of the fight interpretors after the demo

l12
A late 14th C. maille hauberk and aventail, with a reproduction cervelliere, I believe		 l13
Armour of Sir John Smythe, c. 1590



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