A catalogue of engraved portraits, topographical drawings and prints, coins, gems, autographs, antiquities, and works of art, exhibited at the opening of the New Library and Museum of the Corporation of London, November, 1872 / edited by W.H. Overall ; with an historical account of the ancient and modern library at Guildhall by W. Sedgwick Saunders.

  • Guildhall Library (London, England)
Date:
1872
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Credit: A catalogue of engraved portraits, topographical drawings and prints, coins, gems, autographs, antiquities, and works of art, exhibited at the opening of the New Library and Museum of the Corporation of London, November, 1872 / edited by W.H. Overall ; with an historical account of the ancient and modern library at Guildhall by W. Sedgwick Saunders. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Helmets {continued) :— 5. A Helmet, temp. E^lizabeth, with mentoniere, screwed on for tilting. By the accidental flying open of the ventilator (the little door that opens on the right side of the mentoniere), Henry II. of France met his untimely death at a tournament, a.d. 1559. 6. A Fluted Helmet, temp. Elizabeth. 7. A Close Helmet, temp. Charles I. 8. Two Engraved Spanish Morions. 9. A Pot Helmet, temp, middle of Seventeenth Century. 10. An Italian Morion. 11. A Casque, temp. Henry VHI. Maces. 12. Two Maces. The head of each has seven blades. The stem of one is divided into three parts by two cable collars ; the top part has a twisted pattern ; the middle one is octagonal, with a shield on each face; and the bottom part is spiral, and contains portions of the origi- nal wooden handle. Armour. 13. A Tilting Suit, of fine form, comprising Mentoniere, Grand Guard, and Elbow Shield. Formerly in the Bernal Collection. ' 14. Two Two-handed Swords, 15. A Bill, temp, middle of the Fifteenth Century, 16. An Italian Glaive. 17. A Spetum, temp. Henry VIII. 18. A Spetum, without the Handle, ig. A Ranseur, without the Handle. 20. A Ranseur, with the Handle.