Italian Armour Drawings
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Le Armature di S. Maria delle Grazie di Curtatone
di Mantova e L’armatura Lombarda dell ‘400
by Lionello Boccia.
Limited Edition. Published by Bramante Editrice in 1982.
Hundreds of black and white and some color photos of the
Milanese armours discovered in the Sanctuary of the Madonna delle Grazie.
Text is in Italian. An essential reference on 15th century Milanese armours.
They are absolutely great for design ideas for armourers interested
in making full horseman's suits of armour. Note that many of these
suits have German elements such as sweeping curves in the fluting
and plate edges. These German elements were put into many of these
suits because they were to be sold on the international armour market.
Since German armour styling was also as popular as Italian styles,
the Italian armourers catered to those customers desiring gothic
German armour by making "Italian export" harnesses. The spade shaped
tassets hanging from the front skirts or faulds of the harnesses are
distinctly Italian style. Italian armour is generally characterized
by smooth, round features.
This came from: http://198.144.2.125/Armour/ItalianArmour.htm
Last Modified: Nov. 5, 2007