French cavalry knight in armour, 10th to 12th century. He wears a helmet and suit of armour covered with a long red tunic, and holds a buckler (shield) and lance. His horse is caparisoned and plumed. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from "French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days," Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834.
French cavalry knight in armour, 10th to 12th century. He wears a helmet and suit of armour covered with a long red tunic, and holds a buckler (shield) and lance. His horse is caparisoned and plumed. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from "French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days," Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834.