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 to show to advantage in our illustration, the care and detail of its representation in the picture itself are astonishing.

Possibly French, third quarter of the XVth century In the Castle, Darmstadt. After Hewitt

It is not until we reach the latter part of the XVth century that we can illustrate an actual example of the brigandine. In the Riggs Collection, New York, there is a fine and intact suit of brigandine armour in splendid condition, complete with its curious tasset plates fashioned in the classic manner (Fig. 536). The date assigned to it by its late owner was the middle of the XVth century; but it is doubtless somewhat later. In the Musée d'Artillerie of Paris are three complete brigandine jackets ascribed to the latter years of the XVth century, and portions of a good many others numbered from G 204 to G 210, of which perhaps G 204 is the finest specimen (Fig. 537). We give an illustration of a second brigandine, also in the Musée d'Artillerie, G 205 (Fig. 538), turned inside out to show the elaborate arrangement of iron plates which constitute its protective quality. In the Imperial Armoury of Vienna can be noted another form of brigandine, in which two larger rectangular plates replace the small metal lining plates over the chest (Fig. 539); on the right plate is attached a lance