(commercial use of the pictures is prohibited by the museum)
joust armour with shield, by Wolfgang Grosschedel, 1560, belonged
to Philip II of Spain
jousting helmets, and vamplate
Maximilian armour, German 1525-1550 by W. Grosschedel; joust
armour by Lorenz Helmschmied, Augsburg, 1490-1500; joust armour with prominent
lance rest
pot helmet, German sallet and bevor; Italian Barbute, 1450;
Barbute signed by Antonino Missaglia from Milan, 1525-1550
gauntlets
Italian cuirasse closing in the middle, 1580, and German armour
pic 1&2: horse cuissard, right hind leg, German, 1500-1510
pic 3: demi-chanfrein, German, 1550
pic 5: Italian armet, engraved and gilded, 1550
pic 7: Italian morion with very prominent crest, late 16th century
pic 11, right: armet with gorgerin, engraved and gilded, Anton Peffenhauser
from Augsburg, German, 1580
pic 3: joust armour with shield, Wolfgang Grosschedel, 1560,
belonged to Philip II of Spain
pic 4: clearly shows length of some rare surviving lances
pic 5, armour 1: maximilian armour, German 1525-1550 by WGrosschedel, part
19th century reconstruction, decorated with obscene handgestures, armour
2: German armour adapted for jousting, 1550
pic 6: gilded and engraved chanfrein, possibly Italian, 1575
pic 7: black and white 3/4 armour, German, 1550-1560
pic 8: engraved, damascened and gilded armour, can be adapted for joust,
worn by archduke Albrecht when entering Brussels in 1599. Italian
pic 9: Italian shiavonas, 1650-1700, also an Italian half-armour with cabasset,
late 16th century, and a duelling "sword-breaking" targe, Italian,
1550