A knight of the 13th century in his Military Habit. A crusader, kneeling on one knee, with hands extended. The knight wears a round coif and a hauberk and chaussons of mall, ailettes in the form of a cross, a sleeveless surcoat also adorned with crosses, pattees, chausses (with metal bosses) not enveloping the leg but laced behind over the calf, and a plain spur. His sword is buckled over the surcoat, and his lance has a pennon with three crosses. A helm below. From the Westminster Psalter, Royal MS 2 A XXII, f. 220r. Handcoloured engraving by Joseph Strutt from his Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, Henry Bohn, London, 1842.

A knight of the 13th century in his Military Habit. A crusader, kneeling on one knee, with hands extended. The knight wears a round coif and a hauberk and chaussons of mall, ailettes in the form of a cross, a sleeveless surcoat also adorned with crosses, pattees, chausses (with metal bosses) not enveloping the leg but laced behind over the calf, and a plain spur. His sword is buckled over the surcoat, and his lance has a pennon with three crosses. A helm below. From the Westminster Psalter, Royal MS 2 A XXII, f. 220r. Handcoloured engraving by Joseph Strutt from his Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, Henry Bohn, London, 1842.

JOSEPH STRUTT

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