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Boiled leather
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Boiled leather, often referred to by its French translation, cuir bouilli, was a historical material common in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period and used for various purposes. It was leather tha
Case for a book, with fittings for a carrying-cord, 15th century. The coat of arms (on the other side) suggests it was made for a bishop.
Case for a book, with fittings for a carrying-cord, 15th century. The coat of arms (on the other side) suggests it was made for a bishop.
German pickelhaube, c. 1860
German pickelhaube, c. 1860
Crupper plate for horse armour, 16th century, north Europe
Crupper plate for horse armour, 16th century, north Europe
Design for cuir bouilli armour for tournaments, from Le Livre des tournois, 1460s
Design for cuir bouilli armour for tournaments, from Le Livre des tournois, 1460s
Barding
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Barding is body armour for war horses. The practice of armoring horses first developed extensively in antiquity in the Asian kingdoms of Parthia and Pahlava. After the conquests of Alexander the Great
Boiled leather
…that these were originally made of leather. In the Late Middle Ages, the heyday of plate armour, cuir bouilli continued to be used even by the rich for horse armour and often for tournament armour, as well as by ordinary infantry soldiers. Tournaments were increasingly regulated in order to reduce the risk to life…
A museum display of a sixteenth-century knight with an armoured horse
A museum display of a sixteenth-century knight with an armoured horse
Chinese Song dynasty lamellar horse barding as illustrated on Wujing Zongyao
Chinese Song dynasty lamellar horse barding as illustrated on Wujing Zongyao
Taq-e Bostan: equestrian statue of Khosrow II as a cataphract
Taq-e Bostan: equestrian statue of Khosrow II as a cataphract
Albrecht May, Master-of-Arms, entering Namur, riding a horse wearing his master Maximilian I's bard in 1480. The bard is crafted by Lorenz Helmschmied
Albrecht May, Master-of-Arms, entering Namur, riding a horse wearing his master Maximilian I's bard in 1480. The bard is crafted by Lorenz Helmschmied. The female figure is likely Mary of Burgundy, the contemporary ruler of the Burgundian State and wife of Maximilian, holding the combined heraldry of Austria and Burgundy.