PREFACE
ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTORY
I FROM THE FIFTH TO THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY
II THE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH CENTURIES
III THE AGE OF CHARLES V
IV THE DECADENCE OF ARMOUR
THE SPANISH SERIES
SPANISH ARMS
AND ARMOUR
THE SPANISH SERIES
EDITED BY ALBERT F. CALVERT
Seville
Murillo
Cordova
The Prado
The Escorial
Spanish Arms and Armour
In preparation—
Goya
Toledo
Madrid
Velazquez
Granada and Alhambra
Royal Palaces of Spain
Leon, Burgos & Salamanca
Valladolid, Oviedo, Segovia, Zamora, Avila & Zaragoza
SPANISH ARMS
AND ARMOUR
BEING A HISTORICAL AND
DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE
ROYAL ARMOURY OF MADRID,
BY ALBERT F. CALVERT,
WITH 386 ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD
NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY MCMVII
E. Goodman and Son, The Phoenix Press Taunton
DEDICATED
WITH PROFOUND RESPECT AND ESTEEM
TO HER MAJESTY
QUEEN MARIA CRISTINA OF SPAIN
WHO SO WORTHILY AND FOR SO LONG
MAINTAINED THOSE GLORIOUS TRADITIONS
OF SPANISH GREATNESS
WHICH ARE SYMBOLISED IN THE TREASURES
OF THE ROYAL ARMOURY
