A sketch of a rather cumbersome-looking chastity belt in a 15th century manuscript of "Bellifortis", a late 14th-century book on military technology by retired soldier Kyeser von Eichstadt (born 1366).
<p>For discussion, see <i>The Girdle of Chastity: A Medico-Historical Study</i> by Eric John Dingwall.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.tpe.com/~altarboy/girdle.htm">[1]</a>
</p><p>Original Latin description:
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<dl><dd><i>Est Florentinarum hoc bracale dominarum et ferreum et durum, ab intra sic reseratum. Claudit clavis, aperit sic resoluta erit</i></dd></dl>
Unknown illustrator
15<sup>th</sup> century <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7</div>
Konrad Kyeser: "Bellifortis" (Clm 30150)