- Object type
- Arms and Armour
- Date
- Production (possible): Late 15th century - Early 16th century
- Subject(s)
-
Arms and Armour
Knights Hospitaller - Associated activity
- Siege
- Associated event
- Siege: Siege of Rhodes (1522) (26 June 1522 - 22 December 1522)
- Dimensions
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Height x width x depth: 230 x 160 x 110mm
Weight: 15oz - Materials and technique
- Steel
- Production place
- Spain
- Related place(s)
- Rhodes
- References
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Eaves, Ian, Walter J. Karcheski Jr., and Thom Richardson. Armour from Rhodes in the Museum of the Order of St John, Clerkenwell. London: Museum of the Order of St John, 1985.
Karcheski Jr., Walter J., and Thom Richardson. The Medieval Armour from Rhodes. Leeds: Royal Armouries and Higgins Armory Museum, 2000.
Pages 48–49, 142 and 147 - Credit line
- Gift of Sir George Wilkinson, 1960
- Catalogue number
- 2640
Bevor
This bevor (a neck and chin guard that attaches on to a suit of armour) was used by the Knights of Rhodes during the Siege of Rhodes in 1522. It was the second attempt by the Ottoman Empire to expel the Knights from their island stronghold, and was ultimately successful.