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Shaffron - medieval horse armour
A specific type of defensive armour designed to protect a horse's head, typically used in the late 15th century
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Horse Armor from Tibet, c.1450-1650 CE: this piece of armor was created to protect a horse's head and face
This type of armor is known as a shaffron (or chamfron) and it was supposed to cover a horse's face from its forehead down to its muzzle.
The armor was created in Tibet or Mongolia about 400-600 years ago; it was made by grafting small iron plates, gold and silver damascened elements, and copper onto a leather/cotton base.
As the Metropolitan Museum of Art describes:
Tibetan shaffrons are relatively rare. This shaffron is by far the most elaborately decorated of any known example. The quality and execution of its lavish gold and silver damascening rank among the best examples of Tibetan decorated ironwork of this kind, suggesting that it was made for a very high ranking general, if not a king.
A few other shaffrons from the same culture/period are also known to exist:
Above: a similar shaffron from Tibet or Mongolia, c.1400-1650 CE, without the elaborate gold and silver decoration
Above: a frontal plate from a Tibetan shaffron, c.1500-1700 CE
Above: another shaffron from Tibet or Mongolia, c.1500-1650 CE
Sources & More Info:
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
Met Publications: Warriors of the Himalayas: the Arms and Armor of Tibet
Arms and Armour: History, Conservation, and Analysis: The Remains of a Rare Tibetan Shaffron
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Another Shaffron from Tibet or Mongolia
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Frontal Plate of a Tibetan Shaffron
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Shaffron from Tibet or Mongolia
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense), France, c. 1600
A fabulously chased, etched, and gilt Shaffron for Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, attributed to Konrad Seusenhofer, Innsbruck, Austria, 1514 housed at the Kunshistorischesmuseum, Vienna.
Shaffron
Milan, Italy, 1575 CE
Chivalry—with its connotation of the knightly ideal—was intimately connected with the horse (cheval in French). A knight took care to protect his mount, on which he was dependent for the mobility and speed required in both attack and retreat. In Roman times, some heavy cavalry used armor made of iron or bronze scales to protect their horses. From the twelth century on, knights covered their steeds in bands of iron mail (a network of interlocking rings). By the fifteenth century, full-plate armors were not uncommon. This shaffron, or headpiece, is etched in gilt bands with decoration on a finely dotted ground. Riveted between the eyes is an elongated conical spike, perhaps inspired by the horn of the mythical unicorn. A manifestation of great power and wealth, the shaffron has been valued for centuries as an object of beauty, not just as a tool of warfare and sport.
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“A moment of calm before the jousting’ courtesy of ARW Photography
Half-Shaffron for an Armor of King Philip IV of Spain or his Brother Don Carlos.
Attributed to Pierre du Coudroy (1560–ca. 1626) and François Le Gras (active ca. 1600–1640), armorers.
Flemish, Brussels, 1624–26.
Courtesy of Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense), ca.1560–70
