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 Royal Turin Armoury (page 182, Fig. 215). As a matter of fact, however, the Gattamelata monument was erected between 1456 and 1459; whereas we dare not assign the Turin suit to a date earlier than 1465, another proof of the difficulties which attend any attempt to fix an absolute date to an armament, unless, of course, such an attempt can be based on some extant historical record.

Collection: the late T. B. Hardy, Esq.

By Peter Vischer. In the church of Römhild

The armour shown by the effigy of Robert Lord Hungerford on his monument in the nave of the cathedral church of Salisbury (Fig. 207) bears a certain similarity to that represented on the Warwick figure, but with variations. Here it will be noted that the suit in question was of English make