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 a knight, which we may assume dates from the first years of the XIVth century. Behind him hangs his sword and detached gauntlets, which are of chain mail and fingered. Although its conventional treatment of mail is not very convincing, this sculpture furnishes a most interesting record from the fact that the back of one gauntlet and the palm, which appears to be made of leather, of the other are shown, while the strap about the wrist is very clearly defined (Fig. 555).

Hanging with other achievements of Edward, Prince of Wales, above his tomb in the Cathedral church of Canterbury

(a) Back view; (b) Front view

Early in the XIVth century the gauntlet can be seen developing slightly ahead of the body armour; complete gauntlets of scale, and even of