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Gauntlets and Armor footwear, 13-15 century

Gauntlets: 1. Gauntlet. 2. Glove with discs, 1300. 3. With leather mitts, 1300. 4-4a. With plates, 1320. 5. With a glove (a), fingers should be additionally stitched to the glove, 1325. 6. With a separate glove, 1350. 7. With a separate glove, 1380. 8. \"Gothic\", 1440. 9. Glove, 1440. 10-11. \"Gothic\" gauntlets made of three and one plates, 1450. 12. Consisting of three plates, 1460. 12a. Inside view, Fig. 12, 13. Glove, 1470. 14. Glove, 1490. 15. Glove, 1510. 16. Tight-fitting glove of \"Maximilian type\", 1510. 17. Gauntlet with a latch, 1540. 18. 1560. 19. 1570. 20. 1595. 21. Artificial limb, according to a legend it belonged to Getz von Berlihingen who los t his hand in 1504 being hit by a culverin shot, but it is known from reliable sources that he lost his right hand. Fig. A represents a part of a movable finger. This \"iron hand\" was not the only one of its kind. 22. \"Gothic\" glove, 1480: a) guard; b) wrist guard; c) palm protection called a “mitten”; d) finger protection, which composed a \"knuckle-duster\". A gauntlet was worn over a mitten made of reindeer or elk leather or suede, often fastened to the edge of the palm and under each finger.

Sabatons: 1. 1330. 2. 1350. 3.1370. 4. 1384. 5. 1390. 6. With a fixed long toe, 1450. 7. Long-toed, 1480. 10. \"Bear Paw\", 1505. 11. \"Bear Paw\", 1510. 12. \"Bear Paw\", 1515. 13. \"Bear Paw\", 1530 They were sometimes called \"cow muzzle\". 14. \"Duckbill\", 1570. 15. \"Duckbill\" 1590 While long toes were popular among civilians, there were rules strictly fixing their length. Thus, princes and dukes had the right to use footwear two and a half times longer than their feet, nobility – two times longer, common knights – the size of their feet. It’s more than likely that the same strict \"hierarchy\" concerning toe length applied to combat footwear.

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