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CONTENTS OF VOLUME IV

CHAPTER XXIX

ENGLISH ARMOUR OF WHAT WE NOW TERM THE GREENWICH SCHOOL—ARMOUR
MADE FOR ENGLAND

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A series of suits made for noted Englishmen in the latter part of the XVIth century are
believed to be of English work, but the names of the armourers who produced them
are unknown—The master-armourer Jacobe—The famous album of drawings, now preserved
in the Victoria and Albert Museum—The endeavour of certain experts to connect
the work of Jacobe with that of the German armourer of Innsbrück, Jacob Topf—The
absence of proof of this identification—The author's opinion that all these suits must be
classed under the heading of the Greenwich school—The possible reason for the making
of the Jacobe album—The complete list of the plates in the album, together with the
suits or parts of suits that we are now able to identify—The suits or parts of suits
reviewed and illustrated in detail, and as far as possible their histories given—Two suits
in the Imperial Armoury of Vienna considered to be the work of Jacob Topf, their
dissimilarity in make and decoration to all those we now class under the heading of the
Greenwich school 1

CHAPTER XXX

THE LATEST XVIth CENTURY SUITS OF CONTINENTAL MAKE—DECADENT
ARMOUR COMMONLY KNOWN AS "PISAN"

A short chapter on that decadent type of continental armour classed under the general
heading of "Pisan," so called from the town in Northern Italy chiefly responsible for
its large output—The smart but cheap "reach-me-down" armour used throughout the
continent in the last quarter of the XVIth century—The make of this particular type
of armour varying in quality according to the workshops where it was produced—The
master of this particular school, Pompeo della Cesa—Certain suits and half suits that
may come from his hand—The richness of the colour effect of the decoration—"Mops
and Brooms" engraving—A suit in the Armoury at Malta 77

CHAPTER XXXI

CLOSE HELMETS OF THE XVIth CENTURY

The close helmet of the XVIth century, its various types, the descendant of the fighting
helmet of the grand epoch of the XVth century; the XVIth century close helmet
historically considered—The plain Maximilian, the fluted Maximilian, the grotesque