Composed armour c. 1560 Landshut - E.1939.65.r
A closer view of the cuisse and knee. It includes lots of nice little construction details including the form of the rolls and how they interact at "inconvenient" places. Note the lack of roll on the side of the top plate, how the two rolls intersect at the upper corner of the lower main cuisse plate and how the rolls are executed at the point of the knee wing. We can also see how the upper and lower cuisse attach (a keyhole slot on a rivet) and the peg that keeps the upper and lower aligned. In this case it engages a third hole - there are 2 for laces. Often it engages one of the lace holes. We can also see the nearly flat center of the cop. This is not typical, except for a short time period in the late 16th c. on pieces of south German manufacture.
This image was taken during a study session of a few pieces in storage at the Kelvingrove Museum Glasgow in May 2026. This image is available for study purposes only. It is provided with kind permission of the Kelvingrove Museum Glasgow . Any request for reproduction or commercial rights should be directed to the Kelvingrove Museum Glasgow . Issues with photography are the fault of the photographer, Wade Allen, and not in any way the fault of the Kelvingrove Museum Glasgow .
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