The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 131
orseman, whoseduty it was to act as a servant to the nobleman, and to carry the coilhUIIo, along, slender sword, triangular or square, apparently resembling the foil inour fencinir-rooms. go ARMS AND ARMOUR. About this period French noblemen displayed much magnificence in theadornment of the… … Fig. 60.—Armour ornamented with Lions, supposed to be that of Louis XIL (^Museum of Aitillfry, Paris.) less than twenty thousand crowns. In the same year, at the siege ofBayonne, the Count de Foix entered the conquered city mounted on a horsewhose chanfrein of polished steel was enriched with gold…
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