Object type
Arms and Armour
Date
Production: 1440 - 1460
Subject(s)
Arms and Armour
War
Associated activity
Siege
War
Inscriptions

Image of an orb surmounted by a cross with trifid arms and containing a conjoined 'AP'

Dimensions
Height x width x depth: 190 x 190 x 140mm
Weight: 18oz
Materials and technique
Stamped steel
Physical description
The upper portion of the wrapper flares from the neck and has a prow like medial keel. The profile at the front is straight, and the upper edge dips to the middle at the front. The right upper corner is cut off obliquely, while the left corner is lost. A broad flange at the neck is pierced with rivet holes for the gorget plates (throat guard) and there are rivet holes at either side near the neck for a strap and buckle.
Production place
Milan
Italy
References
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 3–4, 142 and 145
Credit line
Gift of Sir George Wilkinson, 1960
Catalogue number
2643
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