Left Italian or possibly south german elbow 1510
One elbow for the left arm. boldly formed couter with flanged upper and lower edges. The edges are bent up then down forming a simple ridge. Italian, or possibly south German. This represents an example of an early 16th c. form of large floating elbow that leads to the maximillian form when flutes are added. From the collections of the Counts Schenk von Stauffenberg.
Similar ones are preserved in Madonna Delle Grazie - Mantova on the armour B9, and the Royal Armouries housed at the Tower of London and Leeds (from Rhodes).
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