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Fig. 249. Examples of "Gothic" armour from English collections
A Left coudes, probably French, about 1450. Collection: Henry Keasby, Esq.
B Right coudes, Italian, about 1470. Collection: the Lady Zouche
C Left espalier and rerebrace, probably French, about 1470. Collection: the Lady Zouche
D Left coudes, probably French, about 1460. Collection: the Lady Zouche
E Left solleret (one of a pair), bearing a Milanese armourer's mark, about 1480. Collection: Sir Edward Barry, Bart.
over and not under the gussets of the breastplate as it should be. The exposed inner bend of the arm is protected by overlapping lames which, as we shall see, are an additional defence met with on the finer suits of the XVIth century. To the taces are attached rectangular tuille tassets. The sollerets are still pointed, though the final elongated plates as seen on the
