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 hunting weapons of the same Emperor. We find mention of this, the Archduke Sigismund's suit, in the inventory of his estate made in 1596, where it is described as "Ain ganze weisse rüstung mit ausgehauen durch-*sichtigen [sic?] messing." Another beautiful late XVth century suit (1470-80) made for the same Archduke (Fig. 245), is also to be seen in the Imperial Armoury of Vienna; this is simpler in its tracery enrichments, and the gauntlets and the breastplate alone are slightly channelled. But the latter presents the multiplicity of three placate plates, the apex of each most delicately pierced with foliated tracery. On this suit, too, are latten gilt enrichments, but of a simpler nature. We should imagine that if the suit just described is the work of Hans Grünewalt, this may also come from his hand: so constructionally alike are the two suits.

Although we are unable to illustrate a full harness made by any member of the famous Treytz family of Mühlen near Innsbruck, we are fully conscious of the necessity of alluding to the achievements of these famous armourers, and therefore append the following brief account of their work.

The oldest member of the family is known to have worked about 1460. He died in 1469, his sons George and Christian carrying on the art, the most famous of the family, however, being Adrian the son of George, who was born about 1470, and died in 1517. Between the years 1460 and 1500 no less than forty-five historical suits are recorded to have been made by this family for celebrated personages, of which suits we believe none are to-day in existence. The more important personages for whom the Treytz family worked will be gathered from the following list of suits made by them between the years 1460 and 1490.

In 1460 they constructed a suit for the King of Scotland. "    "       "          "       Churfurst of Mayence. In 1472 "       "          "       the King of Naples. In 1475  "       "          "       the Duke of Silesia. In 1484 "       "          "       the Duke Albrecht of Saxony. In 1488  "       "          "       Phillip le Beau. "    "       "          "       the King of Portugal. In 1490 "       "          "       King George of Saxony. In 1491  "       "          "       Margrey Sigmund of Brandenburg. In 1492 "       "          "       Duke Reinhardt of Lothringia. In 1493  "       "          "       Maximilian I. "        "       "          "       the son of the King of Bohemia.