Battle scene showing knights in cylindrical helmets and chainmail hoods, armorial surcoats and shields with coats of arms. From the illuminated manuscript Lives of the Two Offas by Mathew of Paris, 12th century. Tinted copperplate engraving from Thomas Anthony Day and Dines' Illustrations of Mediaeval Costume in England collected from manuscripts in the British Museum, Bibliotheque Nationale de Paris, Bosworth, London, 1853.

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