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Anatomy of Armour: Harnesses of Charles V An article by Chad Arnow "Valladolid Garniture" Tournament Armour of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Aragon, Castile, Naples, Sicily, and ruler of territories in Burgundy (1500-1558) Attributed to Kolman Helmschmid, Augsburg, circa 1520 Real Armerķa, Madrid As the grandson of Maximilian I, Charles V had access to the great armour workshop at Augsburg, headed by members of the Helmschmid family. Kolman Helmschid (1471-1532) seems to have been a favorite armourer of Charles V, and several of Charles' surviving harnesses are attributed to him, often despite a lack of armourer's marks to support the attribution. This harness for man and horse, designed for the tilt, was supposedly made for Charles in 1518 for his first trip to his kingdom in Spain. 
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