Foreword Preface and acknowledgements IntroductionHistory of arms and armour 1 The 1520 foot combat armours of Henry VIII: design, technology and meaning Keith A. Dowen2 Cloth of steel: elements of a Landsknecht armour in the Wallace Collection Tobias Capwell3 Henry VIII's Italian armour of 1544: a metallurgical note on alterations and improvements by the Royal Workshops at Greenwich Simon Metcalf and Alan Williams4 A lance rest from a Spanish royal garniture in the Wallace Collection Alvaro Soler del Campo5 The remains of a rare Tibetan shaffron Donald J. La RoccaConservation and display 6 Mannequins for armours: a conservational and aesthetic challenge Petra Fuchs7 Six armours of the National Museum of Finland Lasse Mattila8 Pierced metalwork on Iranian vambraces and their cleaning Francesca Levey9 Viking-era swords investigated by medical X-radiography and CT scanning: a new pommel classification and the assessment of blade geometry Robert A. Hill10 The helmet of the Black Prince analysed by neutron diffraction David Edge, Francesco Grazzi, Antonella Scherillo and Alan Williams11 Shah Jahan and Mughal steel: recent studies on Indian blades by neutron diffraction Arthur Bijl, David Edge, Francesco Grazzi, Antonella Scherillo and Alan Williams12 Indo-Persian axes and the faking of wootz David Edge, Richard Furrer, Francesco Grazzi, Antonella Scherillo and Alan Williams13 Fakes and their detection by analysis Brian Gilmour14 Metal woodscrews during the flintlock years: West European metal woodscrews from 1650 to 1830: an archival and metallurgical study Yannick Chastang.