3-021-751 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Weapons in the Meyrick Collection of armour at South Kensington, 1869. '1. Pike; 16th century. 2. Pike. 3. Partisan; English. 4. Bill; English; late 15th century. 5. Ranseur; English. 6. Voulge (or Langue-de-boeuf). 7. Glave; English; reign of Henry VII. 8. Military Fork; 16th century. 9. Partisan; English; reign of Edward IV. 10. Halbard; English or German; reign of Henry VII. 11. Morning Star; English; 12th-15th century. 12. Morning Star. 13. 'Holy-Water Sprinkle'...14. Holy-Water Sprinkle; English; 15th century. 15. Spetum; English.... 16. Gisarme; English; 11th-16th century. 17. Lochaber Axe; Scottish; 15th century. 18. Military Flail; English; reign of Henry VI. 19. Poleaxe; German; 15th century. 20. Cross-bow (latch), bone covered...; 1450. 21. Dagger called "pennated," with three blades expanding by means of a spring; 16th century. 22. Steel sword, engraved by Albert Durer with figures of St. George and St. Christopher; German, from Nuremberg; 1495. 23. The engraved part of the Albert Durer Sword, on a larger scale. 24. Sword, called "the flaming sword;" German; 16th century. 25. Anelace; Italian; date about 1500. 26. Dagger, called Misericorde; Italian; about 1500. 27. Steel-hilted Rapier; Spanish; 16th century'. From "Illustrated London News", 1869.