The armourer and his craft from the XIth to the XVIth century
The Armourer and His Craft from the XIth to the XVIth Century, published in 1912, is Charles Ffoulkes's study of how medieval and Renaissance armor was actually made, rather than a history of its styles. Ffoulkes, later the first curator of the Imperial War Museum, gathers documents and records, many of them English, on the armorer's tools, the iron and steel he worked, the proving of armor against weapons, its decoration and cleaning, the use of fabrics, linen and leather, and the practical business of wearing it. He adds an account of the Armourers' Company of London, lists of European armorers and their marks, a polyglot glossary, and dozens of diagrams and plates. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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What kind of book is The armourer and his craft from the XIth to the XVIth century?
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