Joust with swords between two knights at a tournament, 15th century.

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Joust with swords between two knights at a tournament, 15th century. The knight at left has a coat of arms and caparison of ermine, and wears a helmet with crown, horns, and leopard. The other has a blue coat of arms and caparison, and a helmet with a fleur de lys. From an illustration by Barthelemy d'Eyck in Rene of Anjou's Tournament Book, 1488. Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries, Levy Fils, Paris, 1861.

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