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 (a) (b)

(a) Breastplate, tassets, and armet; (b) Reinforcing breastplate

Found in the moat of a castle near Besançon, France. Now in the Swiss National Museum, Zurich

fingers and the third and fourth fingers are under separate protection. The cuisses are very long and are provided with lateral plates encompassing the sides of the thighs, which, when the wearer was mounted on his horse, helped to give him fine protective power. The whole leg armament is