Medieval Knight Armor Diagram - Labeled Components & Historical Context #14260 (License: Personal Use)

This black-and-white 19th-century engraving depicts a late medieval knight in articulated plate armor, complete with a sallet helmet (1), bevor (2), gorget (3), breastplate (4), fauld (5), pauldrons (6), vambraces (7), gauntlets (8), tassets (9), cuisses (10), poleyns (11), greaves (12), and sabatons (13). The figure holds a sword and stands in a formal pose, illustrating both defensive structure and mobility features of high-period armor. Annotation numbers correspond to specific components used in historical armor studies.

Used in educational articles, museum exhibits, history textbooks, and reenactment guides to explain the anatomy and evolution of European plate armor; matches user intent for academic research, costume design, or gaming/historical fiction reference.