Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 242, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1912 — Celebrated Armorers. [ARTICLE]

Celebrated Armorers.

In olden times the armorer’s work was not of a rough and ready description, but generally bore the signs of highly wrought workmanship. The various pieces of a suit fit into their positions to a nicety, there are no rough edges, and; as a rule very little that is merely careless decorative work. Fashion and reputation have left their hail mark on the armor of each period, and like most other Industries it had its distinp tied masters. The name of Jacob lops la, for exaple, still famous in England, and such names as those of Lorenzo Colman of Augsberg, a Gasman armorer of the sixteenth century, Lucia Pincinino, a Milanese, and the Wolfs of Landahat, a family of armorers that are supposed $o have worked for Philip n. of Spain, are celebrated In their own countries. \ ;.. . A A.