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Late 14th century breastplate (probably Italian) covered in velvet |
Gauntlet, c.1375, English; once covered in cloth attached by rivets |
Italian sallet, c.1480; covered in velvet with gilt copper mounts |
German "black sallet", c.1490; painted. "Black sallets" earned the name because they were not polished or ground before sale, but left rough from the hammer. They were sometimes painted or covered in cloth |
2 foot combatants with pollaxes. Their armor appears to be painted or blued (French, c.1475) |
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Brigandines were made of leather or cloth. When cloth, it was often very expensive. Edward IV of England gave Lord John Howard a purple velvet covered brigandine with gilt nails, and the Lord of Audley was given cloth of gold to cover a pair of brigandines. |
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| A siege from an early 15th century manuscript. Notice the presence of both a round buckler and large rectangular shields in the same battle | closeup of the large war shields |
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