. Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance. painted on parchment, and in the four corners the arms of the said judges,proclaims the tournament, and how the heralds offer the arms of the said judges to whoeverwill take them.—Fac-simile of a Miniature in the Tournaments of King Eene, a Manu-script of the Fifteenth Century in the National Library at Paris. tilt or joust (from the Latin juxta), which was a single hand-to-hand, combat,nor with the passage of arms, in which several combatants, both on footand on horseback, were engaged, and imitated the att
. Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance. painted on parchment, and in the four corners the arms of the said judges,proclaims the tournament, and how the heralds offer the arms of the said judges to whoeverwill take them.—Fac-simile of a Miniature in the Tournaments of King Eene, a Manu-script of the Fifteenth Century in the National Library at Paris. tilt or joust (from the Latin juxta), which was a single hand-to-hand, combat,nor with the passage of arms, in which several combatants, both on footand on horseback, were engaged, and imitated the attack and defence ofsome military position, some pass, or some narrow mountainous defile. Tilts CHIVALRY. usually formed part of a tournament, and marked its close; but there werealso more complicated tilts, open to all comers, which lasted for several days,and were termed joutes plenihres. As the ladies were the life and soul of thesetilts, the knights always terminated the proceedings by a special passage ofarms which was termed the lance cles dames; they were always ready to pay. 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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