Suit of engraved plate armour and horse barding

Suit of engraved plate armour and horse barding, reign of King Henry VIII, 16th century. Knight in suit of armour, bourgonet helmet decorated with drooping plumes, pauldrons, passe garde, sollerets, with sword and axe, horse in engraved barding, chanfron with plumes, bridle, manifaire, poitrinal, croupiers and flancois. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Thomas Anthony Day and J.H. Dines Illustrations of Mediaeval Costume in England collected from manuscripts in the British Museum, Bibliotheque Nationale de Paris, Bosworth, London, 1853

Barding Bibliotheque Bridle Chanfron Collected Croupiers Dines Garde Manuscripts Nationale Passe Pauldrons Plumes

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