Suit of armour (barding) for a horse; first half of the 16th century. Armoured barding with coat of arms from Dresden museum A; tail part B; and steel champron with screwed-in shield from the great hall at Erbach C; D. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes; Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century; Frankfurt; 1889. Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator; archaeologist; art historian; illustrator and etcher.