Knight of the short-lived Order of the Knot (Noeud), an order of chivalry founded in 1352 by Louis of Taranto, King of Naples. He wears a brown tabard, steel helm, suit of armour, gauntlets and spurs. The helm and edges of the shield are decorated with knots. From a sepulchral stone in the church of Saint Catherine, Pisa. 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.
Knight of the short-lived Order of the Knot (Noeud), an order of chivalry founded in 1352 by Louis of Taranto, King of Naples. He wears a brown tabard, steel helm, suit of armour, gauntlets and spurs. The helm and edges of the shield are decorated with knots. From a sepulchral stone in the church of Saint Catherine, Pisa. 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.