Right Gauntlet from Half Armor for the Foot Tournament

c. 1590 Overall: 22.9 cm (9 in.)
https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.299.i

This armor was designed for the foot tournament, an event that was separate from the equestrian jousts popularized during the Middle Ages and still favored among Renaissance aristocracies throughout Europe. Foot tournaments were commonly fought over a barrier that separated th...

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1996.299.i
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