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 161
k, on the occasionof her entering Paris to espouse Charles VI. And when Mary ofEngland, who went to be married to Louis XII., made her entry intoAbbeville, she also, as Robert de la March relates, was mounted on apalfrey, as were most of her ladies, and the remainder in chariots ; andthe king,… … Fig. 81.—Saddle-cloth. Sixteenth Century. Cloth of Gold, presented the most beautiful display that had ever beenseen of caparisoned horses, decorated and furnished with unprecedentedrichness (Fig. 82). Charles V., in consequence of frequent attacks of gout, was soon com-pelled to renounce riding.…
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