10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHANFRON»
Discover the use of
chanfron in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
chanfron and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
The manefaire consisted of a number of small plates, generally about twelve
hooked together, and to the chanfron, so as to be moveable ; their use was to
guard the neck of the horse from a stroke of a cutting sword. The poiturial pectoral
, or ...
Reuben Percy, John Timbs,
1839
2
THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT
The defensive armour with which the horses of the ancien tknights, or men-at-
arms, were covered, consisted of pieces made either of metal or jacked-leather,
the chanfron-!" &c. Horses covered all over from head to foot with mail, occur in ...
3
Gothic and Renaissance Art in Nuremberg, 1300-1550
278 KUNZ LOCHNER Chanfron and Vamplate Nuremberg, about 1 5 55 Steel,
etched, partly gilded, and painted 22'/2 x 14 '/4 in. (70 x 60 cm.) New York, The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, I 92 1 21.42 This chanfron was part of
a ...
4
Military antiquities respecting a history of the English ...
THE chanfron, chamfrein, or shaffron, took its denomination from that part of the
horse's head it covered (m), and was a kind of mask of iron, copper or brass, and
sometimes of jacked leather, enclofing the face and ears ; some of these ...
5
Resplendence of the Spanish Monarchy: Renaissance Tapestries ...
The designs for the decoration have been attributed to his brother-in-law, the
Augsburg painter and graphic artist Hans Burgkmair the Elder (1473-1531), who
is known to have decorated armor. The bard is composed of chanfron, crinet,
peytral ...
Patrimonio Nacional, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),
1991
6
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
+ The chanfron first occurs in the clause-roll of Henry 111. against which he might
be directed, so as to cause him to start aside, or lessen the celerity of the charge.
From the centre of the forehead, there sometimes issued a spike or horn like ...
7
Encyclopædia of Antiquities: And Elements of Archaeology, ...
Horse Armour. The Manefaire, or protection for the horse's neck, first appears on
the great seal of Henry V. The Chanfron or Chaynpfrein took a different form from
that of the last reign, and not only wraps round the nose, but has cheek pieces.
Thomas Dudley Fosbroke,
1825
8
Encyclopaedia of Antiquities, and Elements of Archaeology, ...
Horse Armour. The Manefaire, or protection for the horse's neck, first appears on
the great seal of Henry V. The Chanfron or Champfrein took a different form from
that of the last reign, and not only wraps round the nose, but has cheek pieces.
Thomas Dudley Fosbroke,
1825
9
A record of armour sales, 1881-1924
Demi-chanfron, Italian. „ 89. Chanfron, Italian. „ 90. Demi-chanfron, Italian. „ 91.
Chanfron, Italian. „ 92. Chanfron in cuir-bouilli, Italian. Fig. 47 Spitzer Sale, 1895.
Lot 93. Chanfron, German. „ 94. Chanfron, German. „ 95. Chanfron, German.
Francis Henry Cripps-Day,
1925
10
A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms ...
The earliest was of mail, later only cover the back of the horse and must have had
pieces hanging from the sides that have disappeared. The most complete suits
known consist of: the headpiece or chanfron; some authorities make a distinction
...
George Cameron Stone,
2013