The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 143
rseman, whoseduty it was to act as a servant to the nobleman, and to carry the coustille, along, slender sword, triangular or square, apparently resembling the foil inour fencing-rooms. N qo 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 XII. (Museum of A.tillery, 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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