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Fig. 605. Shield of wood overlaid with hide and gesso
Italian, 1450-1475
In a private collection, Venice
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Fig. 606. Archer's shield—wood, covered with canvas and gesso
Middle of XVth century
Tower of London. Class V, No. I
archers' pavises. This shield, which is in the medium of wood, parchment, gesso, etc., we should imagine to have been the defence of a body guard, rather than a personal armament of the King; for we recollect having seen two other shields of the same design, both of which are unquestionably genuine. On the face of the so-called Corvin shield are traced the arms of Hungary, of Bohemia, of Dalmatia, and of Moravia, and finally of those of the
