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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dingwall" class="extiw" title="w:Eric Dingwall">Eric John Dingwall</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tpe.com/~altarboy/girdle.htm">tpe.com</a>
</p><p>Original Latin description:
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<dl><dd><i>Florentiniarum hoc bracile dominarium, ferreum et durum, ab antea sic reseratum</i></dd></dl>
Unknown illustrator
circa 1405 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1405-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
Konrad Kyeser: "Bellifortis", Bayr. Staatsbibl. München (Clm 30150).