In furtherance of my object, I have laid under contribution a large number of authorities, and I cannot omit to acknowledge my obligations to the standard works of Meyrick, Hewitt, Demmin, Lacombe and Clephan, to the writings of Baron Davillier and Don Juan Riaño, to the Iconografia Española of Don V. Carderera, and to Dr. Wendelin Boheim, of the Imperial Armoury, Vienna. I also desire to render a special tribute of thanks to Mr. E. B. d’Auvergne, who placed his expert knowledge at my service, and has rendered me invaluable assistance in my endeavours to make this compilation both accurate and complete.
The value of a book of this kind must, I recognise, depend in a large measure upon the selection of the illustrations and the excellence of their reproduction. In this matter I have been greatly helped by Señor Don Lacoste, and Messrs. Hauser y Menet, whose photographs, other than those taken by myself, are, with their permission, reproduced here.
Crowns and votive Crosses of Guarrazar, Remains of St. Ferdinand’s Robe, Moorish Spurs of St. Ferdinand, 1
Cloak and Spurs of St. Ferdinand and Visigothic Bit, 1A
Don Bernardo Guillen de Entenza, 13th century, 2
Don Guillelmo Ramon de Moncada, Seneschal of Catalonia, died _circa_ 1280, 3
Don Juan Alphonso, Lord of Ajofrin, died about 1386, 3
G 22. Sword and Scabbard, probably belonging to St. Ferdinand, 4
G 22. Sword and Scabbard that probably belonged to St. Ferdinand, 5
Effigy of St. Ferdinand, King of Spain, 7
Sepulchral Effigy of Don Bernardo de Anglesola, _circa_ 1384, 8
F 123. Bit, believed to have belonged to Witiza, King of the Visigoths, 9
D 11. Helmet-crest of Martin I of Aragon, 9
G 4. Pontifical Sword presented by Pope Eugene IV to John II of Castile, 10
G 13. Fifteenth Century War Sword, probably belonged to Ferdinand the Catholic, 10
G 1. Ceremonial Sword of Ferdinand and Isabella, 11
G 23. Fifteenth Century Sword of unknown Origin, 11
Juan Pacheco, Marquis of Villena, Grand Master of St. James, died 1474, 12
G 29. War Sword of the Gran Capitan, Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba (1453-1515), 13
G 28. Sword of the Cardinal Infante Fernando, Brother of Philip IV, 13
G 31. War Sword of Ferdinand the Catholic, 13
A 9. Armet, early 16th century (closed), 14
