k in g , .a n d k n ig h t .
E#§SESX?©G ceremony for
solemn 'occasions,'. particu-
larly^with persons in exalted
stations^ siiffer fewe&,changes"
tiide, thari-'l
¥ those Itf'coninioft tEse. Our
plate .’represents a king' offi
twelfth I
f t j >piSnuw'drt'''-ed in hH^bugy]
|||s t i |e ; hut wd'may p r q b ^ h l y ; a J j g E ^ j d x a j n ^M
°£ tlMlregal H H B l during jjlj§',twelfth and^arteent^pen- j
tu ri(|^ ^ o th the "figures on th&pUj£p; f p taken from
g f l H Q XX. Tlf| dre-s of M e ; kmc;
b e tf^ ^R s e resemblance to that ;presem|d in'the mongl mW lB H|Hnn H Q iu BUB dalrMka (or- tfn g fj and
life shoulders,
T ^ S g E M H ® ^*na^ eate^
witlfcfletirs-de-lys. .• „ .
TMldress and afmour of*Me knight undeiw\en||to ^ anaticmffhhn
those'';# the{¥ing^. T k c^ o r^d b r^ u s Y-ib^igdl the (haiafteristic«
/ 9 a ;warrior|o$ the age of Richard I.;,and . J
was a|prusader. He % -dressed in ,aicoa%pnd ; mid wears <j|||j
■ H H i probably‘of silk, ornamfented w i t h aS i
f § dress first makes its appearance' about flrife to HVg
:m H H I from the east, its primary use having h in d e « e armour
f tjf e em g too much heated g t h e sun’s rays r in ^ iM E g a j j j g Hxs legs
are i d In the ckausses, and the spur, a simple -Spike; is aigehed single,
straff of'leather, and a buckle. Beneath we secj over the
chausses, the chausson, . Q^breecKes,' an a ^ a f l j a flfc knigh.t’s' drc<s which is
less.ffcequently represented in the |l^^iMures| Even the adlet on the knights
sh| f l | r has here the form of to B
beldr'py 'his armour-bearer, js;al-o,of t^hat v" ■foPm
c * into fashion in the reign lw Richard I. The ventctil, .or^aoentamy ^
moveaBle grating which protected the g e e here
represented as closed, _ At the period to-whic^his figure ® if g ? ^ |,y e n tm l
was fixed by a hinge on.brftsidh and a pin on^the aii^ opened^ exactly
in the same manner as a wicket; and asSjmc; bingpvwas movefile, fit might
be^jmken off at (pleasure.