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 found associated with the ordinary salade as seen in the Wallace Collection, at the Tower, and elsewhere, for they are not of exceptional rarity. The bevor, in association with an open helmet, must have been an unsatisfactory face defence; it was easily knocked out of place, it must have bruised or even lacerated the face when forced against it, and in a fierce mêlée must often have become detached. It will be noticed that in the accompanying illustration (Fig. 398) the upper portion of this bevor is formed of two plates, the top one being hinged at the sides, so that it could be pushed down over the lower one. The wearer could thus speak clearly without removing the bevor. A spring catch kept it in its place when it was raised.

German, about 1500-10. Tower of London Class IV, No. 17

Lastly, we must mention those salade forms of head-*pieces that owe their existence to the practice of the tourney, specimens of which are to be found in some of the public collections of this country. They are true tailed salades in form, but not fashioned for purposes of war, and are nearly all late in date, certain types advancing well into the XVIth century. These jousting salades are for the most part heavier than those used in war, and are flatter in front below the ocularium; so that they could be worn with the lower edge fitting inside the tilting bevor or, in later times, the mentonnière. The tilting bevor was often fashioned of wood and leather and was in most cases rigidly screwed to the breastplate, its upper edge reaching to the ocularium in the helmet. As it is easier to suggest an idea of this jousting harness by means of an illustration than by any explanation in words, we give a picture chosen from the famous "Triumph of Maximilian," by Hans Burgkmair, Plate LI (Fig. 399). The engraving shows five of a series of jousters in tilting salades, the knight on the left wearing a bevor of plate outside the lower edge of his salade, while the knight next to him has one of wood similarly adjusted. To facilitate the fitting of the salade inside the bevor, it will be noticed that the cabled edge running round the rim of the