Man of arms of the 15th century. He wears a helmet and suit of steel plate armour with gold chainmail joints. His young page in tunic and stockings holds a sword in a blue scabbard. From a painting by Pinturicchio in the Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem, Rome. 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.
Man of arms of the 15th century. He wears a helmet and suit of steel plate armour with gold chainmail joints. His young page in tunic and stockings holds a sword in a blue scabbard. From a painting by Pinturicchio in the Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem, Rome. 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.