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  • quoted inventory of the armaments of Louis X, le Hutin, King of France; for among the various apparel appears:— Item, uns pans et uns bras de jazeran d'acier.

Item, un jazeran d'acier.

Item, une couverture de jazeran de fer (horse armour). Item, 3 paires de couvertures gamboisées des armes le roy et unes indes jazeguenée.

Fig. 533. From the figure of St. George at Prague

Showing body armour that could be classed as jazerant Hradschin Palace, Prague

Fig. 534. Jazerant half armour

Made for Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino. The work of the brothers Negroli of Milan, about 1530 Imperial Armoury, Vienna

The last item shows the use of the word as an adjective; for, though we have the three pairs of horse housings, quilted in the manner of the gambeson, the word jazeguenée indicates they were made after the fashion of the jazerant.