The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880, tr · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 154
his horses. On the field of battle he remained inhis rear, ready to defend him, to lift him up if he were overthrown, andto provide him, when necessary, with another horse or other arms. Heguarded the prisoners captured by the knight, and occasionally fought forhim at his side. The principal sign… … Fig. 74.—A Knight entering the Lists. (From a Miniature in the Tournois du Roi René.) the Flemings collected after the action, from the slain, four thousand pairs ofgold spurs ; consequently, four thousand knights of the army of Philip theFair had fallen. In order to win his spurs (of gold)—an…
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