Jousting Armor (Rennzeug), ca. 1580–90, probably Dresden or Annaberg, German, probably Dresden or Annaberg, Steel, leather, paint, Wt. 65 lb. 2 oz. (29.6 kg), Armor for Man-3/4 Armor, This armor was intended for use in the Scharfrennen, a joust fought in an open field by two contestants mounted on horses and armed with relatively sharp lances. The sport remained popular at the court of the prince-electors of Saxony long after it had gone out of fashion elsewhere in Europe
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Jousting Armor, Rennzeug, ca, 1580–90, Dresden, Annaberg, German, Steel, leather, paint, Wt, 65 lb, 2 oz, 29.6 kg, Armor, Man-3/4, armor, intended, Scharfrennen, joust fought, open field, two contestants, mounted, horses, armed, relatively sharp, lances, sport remained, popular, court, prince-electors, Saxony long, gone out, fashion elsewhere, Europe
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