FLO4707097: Knights weapons for racing with targets and for racing helm. The left knight carries blue stripes on his mount, with the image of a little boy with a spear, on a cloud. The one on the right has pink colours, decorated with the letter D, numerous birds and a golden cage. During the race, the knight turned his spear on a specific point on his opponent's chest, when the point was hit, a metal plate jumped into the air (the golden fragments above each knight on the illustration represent these plates). Hand-coloured copper engraving, in “Images historiques des costumes des principaux peuples de l'Antiquite et du Middle Ages” by Robert Von Spalart, published in 1796. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4707171: Three knight mounted teams for different types of tests: the race of the arm guard with the helm, the race with round wheels and small targets and the game. In the races, the knights aimed at their spear at a specific point in their opponent's chest pto blow a metal plate, their spear ended with a sharp metal tip, the players' spear had a crown of spikes at its end. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4707517: Costumes of Anglo-Saxon women: in coat (63), in coat with a loose veil, whose edges fall on her shoulders, revealing the neckline of her dress (64), in tunic with coloured borders and wide sleeves, embroidered with needle (65). Different variations of tunics worn from the 9th to the 11th century. Hand-coloured copper engraving, in “Images historiques des costumes des principaux peuples de l'Antiquite et du Middle Ages” by Robert Von Spalart, published in 1796. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4707660: Portrait of Guy I (ca. 1020-1100), Count of Ponthieu, who to mark his high rank wears a coat. From the 8th century onwards, leather and mesh battles were introduced, and under the rebellion of Pepin Le Brif, the diversity of arms among the Franks was enrich, spears and slings (83,84) axes and arches, and the use of heaumes was more common (Figure 24 is a very unusual form). Hand-coloured copper engraving, in “Images historiques des costumes des principaux peuples de l'Antiquite et du Middle Ages” by Robert Von Spalart, published in 1796. / Bridgeman Images