The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 117
ered city mounted on a horsewhose chanfrein of poHshed steel was enriched with gold and precious stonesto the value of fifteen thousand gold cro^sTis. Half a century later chargers wore, besides the chanfrein, the manefaire,protecting the neck, the poitrail, the croupiere, the Hancois, which… … Fg- 57-—Crossbow Men protected by Shield-bearers (Fifteenth Centurj). After a Miniature fromthe Chronicles of Froissart. (MS. Bibl. Nat. de Paris.) These were named stradiots ; they tendered their military services equally toboth Turks and Christians. The armour of these troops consisted of a…
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