3-053-362 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Making Armour for the Knights of Old', c1934. Illustration showing an armourer's workshop containing a forge and anvil, and pieces of armour. The accompanying text describes the parts: 'a pauldron was a covering for the shoulders, a genouillière was a protection for the knees, a jambe was a leg covering, a solleret a defence for the feet, a chamfron was a metal covering for a horse's face'. From "The Romance of the Nation, Volume One", edited by Charles Ray. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., London, c1934]. (Colorised black and white print).