This page needs to be proofread.
 | An image should appear at this position in the text. To use the entire page scan as a placeholder, edit this page and replace "{{missing image}}" with "{{raw image|A record of European armour and arms through seven centuries (Volume 3).djvu/333}}". Otherwise, if you are able to provide the image then please do so. For guidance, see Wikisource:Image guidelines and Help:Adding images. |  |
Fig. 1057. Breastplate, taces, and tassets
Undoubtedly the work of Filippo Negroli of Milan about 1540. Musée du Louvre
which are placed one on each side regardant, their lower extremities terminating in a scroll or stalk, the involutions of which, richly ornamented with acanthus leaves, tendrils, rosettes, etc., rise to the summit of the plate. In the upper part these two scrolls are coupled together in the centre by a female sphinx, with outstretched wings boldly displayed. The scroll foliage is
