XIII.— Notes on the Armour worn in Spain from the tenth to the fifteenth century

The Royal Armoury at Madrid is justly famous. But it is predominantly a Renaissance armoury, and for range and variety must yield the first place in Europe to the other Habsburg armoury at Vienna. If one wishes to trace the history of defensive armour in Spain prior to the sixteenth century one must look farther afield. Actual specimens of medieval armour are to-day as rare in Spain as in other countries, and knowledge of the earlier periods must, as elsewhere, be supplemented by the evidence of contemporary sculpture, painting, and literature

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• A Hispano-Arabic Silver-gilt and Crystal Casket

  Open Access•W L Hildburgh•The Antiquaries Journal•1941

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