"Louis le hutin" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Armour, vol. i. p. 155, 2d ed.) gives a curious and interesting inventory of the arms and armour of Louis le Hutin, King of France, taken in the year 1316, in which we find, "Item 3 coloretes Pizanes de jazeran d'acier." He describes pizane (otherwise written pizaine, pusen, pesen) as a collar made, or much in fashion, at Pisa. The jazeran armour was formed of overlapping plates. In the ...
— Notes & Queries 1850.02.09 • Various |
