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40. Egyptian Suit of Scale-Armour. Rawlinson, _Herodotus_ (1862),
vol. ii. p. 65, fig. iii; Wilkinson (Birch), _Manners and Customs
of the Ancient Egyptians_ (1878), fig. 53 _a_.

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41. Two Scales of Egyptian Armour, enlarged. Rawlinson, l. c., fig.
iv.

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42. Japanese Armour, composed of chain, plate, and enclosed quilted
plates. (_a_) Left arm; (_b_) Greaves. (Author’s Coll.)

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43. _a._ Chinese Suit of Armour, of cotton, having iron scales
attached to the inside, _b._ Iron Helmet of the same suit (Mus. R.
U. S. Inst.; presented by Capt. Sir E. Belcher. R.N.)

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44. A portion of the iron scales attached to the inner side of the
above suit.

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45. Breast-piece of ‘Jazerine’ Armour of iron scales, xv-xvi cent.;
inner side. (Author’s Coll.) Cf. Grose, _Treatise on Ancient
Armour_ (London, 1786), p. 15, ‘Jazerant’: cf. pl. xxxiii. 3;
Meyrick. vol. ii. pl. lvi.

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46. ‘Brigandine’ composed of large iron scales on the outside,
probably of the same date as the above; left by the Venetians in
the armoury of Candia on the surrender of the island to the Turks
in 1715. (Mus. R. U. S. Inst.; presented by Lt.-Col. Patrick
Campbell, R.A.)