FLO4677084: Ceremony ritual de creation d'un chevalier, 14eme century - A young man receiving a knighthood, 14th century - The new knight wears a red tabard over a suit of armour - A priest blesses the knights' sword, while other knights in gold tabards and red hoods fix spurs to the knights' shoes - 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, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4644494: King Rudolph II, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, Archduke of Austria (1552-1612). In lace ruff, plate armour decorated with gold, slashed padded hose and chainmail socks. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C. Regnier. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher. / Bridgeman Images