Guy I (1020s~1100), count of Ponthieu.. "To the Franks and the Anglo Saxons, the mantle was reserved for persons of elevated rank. To prove it, the count of Ponthieu (83) wears one.". "One notices already, toward the 8th century, breastplates made of leather (84), others made in the form of scales (83), and suits of chain-mail.". "In the era of Pepin-le-bref in 752, one already finds a great diversity of weapons among the Franks: among others, lances and slings (83, 84), war axes, clubs and crossbows.". "The helm is also more commonly in this era. In fig. 84, it appears in a very unusual form." . Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796).