[SCA-AE] For heralds and illuminators: period book on armory

[Michael B. Greenstein]

I was cruising listings for old books I can't afford, when I came across this lavishly-photographed book on armory, published in 1572:
http://cgi.ebay.com/WORKES-OF-ARMORIE-1st-Ed-JOHN-BOSSEWELL-250-ILLUS-1572_W0QQitemZ250025872813QQihZ015QQcategoryZ29223QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Book heralds might cry because they can't have it (the auction is about to end and the price is now at $765), but of particular interest to illuminators may be a unique depiction of an escarbuncle: http://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/viewimage.x/00000000/thebooker/Armorie037.jpg?vvid=16276541&allow_track_link=1&track=0235b99004-36760&sp=1

... and also a depiction of millrinds: http://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/viewimage.x/00000000/thebooker/Armorie039.jpg?vvid=16276541&allow_track_link=1&track=0235b99004-36760&sp=1

I hope some of you find this of use!

- Michael