Identifier: gri_33125008050011 (find matches)
Title: Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance
Year: 1870 (1870s)
Authors: Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884
Subjects: Middle Ages Civilization, Medieval Civilization, Renaissance Costume Military art and science Christian life
Publisher: London : Bickers & Son
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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Fig. 131.— Here is portrayed a herald holding the banners of the four referees.— Fac-simile of aMiniature in the Tournaments of King Rene (Fifteenth Century). this homage to the charms of the fair sex, and frequently fought for themwith sword, axe, and dagger. The preparations for a tournament afforded an animated and interestingpicture. The lists, which at first were of a round shape like the amphi-theatres of antiquity, were later constructed in a square, and later still in anoblong form ; they were gilded, painted with emblems and heraldic devices,and ornamented with rich hangings and historical tapestries. While thelists were being prepared, the knights who were to take part in the tourna-
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Fig. 132. -The Banners and Helmets are ranged round a cloister, and are distributed by the judges, in the presence of the ladies and those taking part in the tournament. -Miniature from the "Tournois du Roi René," MS of the Fifteenth Century, in the National Library, Paris.

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