Right Leg Defense (Greave)

Turkish, Istanbul (?)

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 379

This right leg guard, along with a left leg guard also in the Metropolitan Museum's collection (acc. no. 1990.229), forms the only known matching pair of mail-and-plate guards of the fifteenth century for the lower legs. Similar floral ornament and Arabic inscriptions also are found on turban helmets.

Right Leg Defense (Greave), Steel, iron, silver, gold, tin, leather, Turkish, Istanbul (?)

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Leg defenses 36.25.457 (seen on left) and 1990.229 (seen on right)

Right Leg Defense (Greave), Steel, iron, silver, gold, tin, leather, Turkish, Istanbul (?)
Right Leg Defense (Greave), Steel, iron, silver, gold, tin, leather, Turkish, Istanbul (?)
Right Leg Defense (Greave), Steel, iron, silver, gold, tin, leather, Turkish, Istanbul (?)
Right Leg Defense (Greave), Steel, iron, silver, gold, tin, leather, Turkish, Istanbul (?)
Right Leg Defense (Greave), Steel, iron, silver, gold, tin, leather, Turkish, Istanbul (?)
Right Leg Defense (Greave), Steel, iron, silver, gold, tin, leather, Turkish, Istanbul (?)
Right Leg Defense (Greave), Steel, iron, silver, gold, tin, leather, Turkish, Istanbul (?)
Right Leg Defense (Greave), Steel, iron, silver, gold, tin, leather, Turkish, Istanbul (?)
Right Leg Defense (Greave), Steel, iron, silver, gold, tin, leather, Turkish, Istanbul (?)
Right Leg Defense (Greave), Steel, iron, silver, gold, tin, leather, Turkish, Istanbul (?)
Right Leg Defense (Greave), Steel, iron, silver, gold, tin, leather, Turkish, Istanbul (?)

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