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Subject(s)

• Weapons—Europe—Catalogs [Browse]
• Weapons—England—Cambridge—Catalogs [Browse]
• Armor—Europe—Catalogs [Browse]
• Armor—England—Cambridge—Catalogs [Browse]
• Fitzwilliam Museum—Catalogs [Browse]

Related name

• Eaves, Ian, 1947- [Browse]

Summary note

"The collection of arms and armour in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, is one of the finest in England, and ranks immediately behind the royal and national collections in terms of the range and quality of its material." "The majority of the items come from the bequest of J.S. Henderson, a collector who bought extensively in the 1920s; he owned a group of pieces from the armoury of the Princes Radziwill at Niescwiecz in Poland, and other items from this source have subsequently been given to the museum. The strength of the exhibits is therefore in German and North Italian armours of the sixteenth century, mostly for field use but with some tournament and parade armours." "Full descriptions for each piece, together with provenance (where known) and physical details, are given, as well as comparisons with pieces in other collections."--BOOK JACKET.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• Machine generated contents note: Whole Armours 1
• Half Armours 11
• Helmets
• Kettle Hats and Morions 149
• Sallets 164
• Armets and Close Helmets 168
• Burgonets 187
• Parts Armour
• Breastplates and Backplates 207
• Gauntlets 229
• Vamplates 246
• Horse Armour 247.

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ISBN

0851158579 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2002074515

OCLC

50155279

RCP

H - S

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