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 of their workmanship must have been worn outside the trappings. At Vienna are a "blind" chanfron of about 1500 made for Philip I of Castile, and an altogether grander chanfron made in 1530 for a tilting set, formerly belonging to King Ferdinand I (Fig. 1009). Other examples may be seen in the Musée d'Artillerie of Paris, and at Dresden. The collection of the late Herr Max Kuppelmayr, dispersed at Munich in 1895, contained a beautiful contemporary model of a jousting harness of about 1540 on its original doll dummy and toy horse. Perhaps the actual armour is a little clumsily made; but the housing of the horse is beautifully rendered, and admirably illustrates the padded Stechkissen in use and the horse running its course totally blinded (Fig. 1010). Readers of the Weiss Kunig may remember the illustration in which the young Maximilian is being taught the sport of the tournament with just such a model showing the Stechkissen (edition of 1775, Fig. 15, p. 58).

Tower of London, Class VI, No. 94 From the collection of the Baron Peuker, Berlin

As to tournament saddles, they are to be seen in very many varieties, some making but little difference to the form of the war saddle of the time. But others, such as the most interesting example in the Tower of London, purchased in 1858 from the collection of the Baron Peuker, Berlin, show an exaggeration of form and of defence, which though entirely satisfactory if a successful course has been run, would be little short of a death-trap were