Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 228
toperpetuate with pen and pencil, in prose and in verse, the memory of amagnificent festival over which he presided, and which may be consideredan unsurpassed example of the ceremonies of the time. All who take aninterest in the. subject should read this curious manuscript, which describesamong… … Fig. 135.—King Henri II. wounded by Montgomery in a Tournament (1S59).—From anEngraving of the Sixteenth Century in the possession of M. Ambr. Firmin-Didot. and its incidents ; in it appear careful comments upon every trifle thatincreased the brilliancy or added to the effect of this courtly…
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