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Title: The encyclopaedia of sport
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898 Peek, Hedley Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918
Subjects: Horses Sports Games
Publisher: London : Lawrence and Bullen
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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tal, which stretched across the upper part of the body, turning forward on the right shoulder, but backward over the left, and reaching down the crest of the breast-plate to a point about four inches above the waist. To the upper part of this was riveted the volant piece, and a bolt passing through the crest of the breast-plate near the lower part attached this grandguard, as it was called, to the breast-plate, to the curves of Volant is the term applied on the Continent to movable pieces. C C 398 THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF SPORT (sport, obsolete which it closely conformed. On the left elbow also was fixed a pin, to which by a linch-pin could be fixed a large plate protecting the elbow and parts of the upper and forearm. This was the real pasguard, though in modern times the heavy miton-shaped gauntlet with long cuff and no finger divisions. This covered the back of the hand and forearm, and, while not fitted for holding a weapon, was quite sufficient for there in hand. This series of additional pieces is
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Fig. 3. Armour of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, with the Grandguard, Pasguard, and Main de fer for the tilt. This armour, now in the Tower of London, was made 1566-1588. name has erroneously been transferred to the upright plates springing from the pauldrons or shoulder armour, and to a certain extent protecting the sides of the neck. Below this pasguard again was worn over the left gaunt let a large manifer, or main de fer. This was a seen in the armour of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, made between 1566 and 1588 (Fig. 5), and similar pieces belonging to Henry VIII, are still at Windsor Castle and the Tower of London. Now it is evident that when the jouster had SPORT, OliSOLETEj THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF SPORT 399 these pieces put on over his armour he was more helpless than ever. First his helmet was linched to the volant piece, which was riveted to the grandguard, in its turn bolted to the breastplate. The rider thus had his head fixed in such a way that from his waist upward he was all one p

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