Expositio thoracomachi. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Summary
Print shows a soldier wearing a cuirass, a leather tunic or breastplate, used as protective armor during battle. Also shown are leather helmets, leggings, and footwear.
Illus. in: Notitia vtraqve cvm Orientis tvm Occidentis vltra Arcadii Honoriiqve Cæsarvm tempora ... (Notitia dignitatum). Basileae : [Apvd H. Frobenivm et Episcopivm], 1552.
Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 20.
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Date
01/01/1552
Source
Library of Congress
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