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Rhinoceros armour

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TORINO. Palazzo Reale (Reale Armeria n. 11), Armatura equestre – Barda in pelle di rinoceronte, Sec. XV. Cartolina anni 1920. Coll. Vincenzo Costanzo.

Armour owned by the Nuremberg patrician Wilhelm Rieter von Boxberg (d. 1541). The horse is protected by a breastplate (“barda”) made of rhinoceros skin. Origin unknown, manufactured in the 15th century

Armeria Reale, Galleria Beaumont, Turin

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