Rennzeug—Sallet and Cuirass

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Sallet and cuirass of a Rennzeug suit of armor.

Rennzeug—sallet and cuirass.

Artist

Name:: Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel
Dates:: 1814-1879
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Science & Technology
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Diolot, Jean Baptiste Édouard
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Dictionnaire raisonné du mobilier français de l'époque carlovingienne à la Renaissance, vol. 2
Author:: Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel
Publisher:: Paris: Vve A. Morel et Cie., 1874
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Sallet and cuirass of a Rennzeug suit of armor. The mechanism shown in B—here protected by a leather padding—pushed the outer breastplate D away from the jouster when it was released by the opponent’s lance.

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