An ensign in armor on a fully armored horse holding a purple standard with blue diagonal lines.
An ensign in armor on a fully armored horse holding a purple standard with blue diagonal lines. The knight's colors of purple and blue are seen in the skirts and the helmet plumes. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796)
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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
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