Arms and Armour in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Also a Descriptive Notice of Modern Weapons

16th century amongst ancient appears archers arms and armour army arquebus arrows artillery Assyrian ball barrel basinet battle Bayeux Tapestry belt blade blows brass breech bronze camail cannon carried cavalry charge combat consequence covered cross-bow cuirass culverin dagger dart decoration defence discharged early effigies enemy England English engraved examples fire fire-arms fixed France Franks French front Gauls GOTHIC ARMOUR Greek grooves guard guisarme hand hauberk head head-piece heaume helm hilt hollow Homer hoplite Iliad infantry invention iron javelin knights Lacombe lance leather length mail armour manner men-at-arms metal middle ages military equipment monuments Museum musket NOTE Pandarus pavise period phalanx Philip Augustus piece of armour pike pilum plate armour plates Polybius projectile protection rank remarkable represented rifled Roman ROYAL ARMOURY sarisses savage shaft shield shoulders side sollerets spear stone sword tion tunic variety warriors weapon wearer worn