R ^ M t il e .,-
IWljEcI N^^HjQ; '"our 'selections from the
hheautiful';4^ ^ |»f ^genealogical illumina-
, ro\ al figures which
; tn ^ costume,
H P ^ ^)af%(yfilfxrl y of&the head dresses, ofythe
when
^TOjt^MKai‘nfh iniflionsJ v ere *>’(fx#^ute|d. I In
"ilu *■ h i'-’V..! M * ir ihfe 'period by
men varied
I;*'b”ut we ^fik^nxaihpteyf- nearly ^thlvfsame
[ form i- iIni i\'n*t Km. I Im 'oK^Por^
tugal. - Tlie/cojSmiRi^ra the twoiqueens is
miuich- in I l f same Ifiyde*as th a t^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ S p h i t c of r
■uirining Q^^^^Sixteenth century.' Queen Johanna appfais^^Kljold^a -■'■ind
^>£ faff-in l-M1 hand.
It/OiirSwot4\6ut.ns taken'from an-.mferesting OTn p -ofi d raw in g executed, hy
K h ^ ^ ^ ^ tl ^ a n tiq u a r y John llouSTe of Warwick, in" alter>part of the
^ S t l L : s ^ ' - § ^ | and preserved in M ® ^ ^ ^ ^ E u l i u s E.t IY.
&eadyjglven'sb%q;figures drawn by the same person from a pictorial genealogy
in thcrCollegc of Arms: but the drawiiu- pi '?h<^ < u-nn m m nni'1 u p
p re te rm ited in a supmoi’ style.1 ^Strutt has given badH opiK,of them in his
llarge woHr on English <o® |< |^ /S p ^ iP u g tr a te |8 a i ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ M p ^ of
Iliibha'Kpfde Beauchamp^'earl of'Warwick. -
K, ltiShard de Beauchamp was c ||« if the most chivalrous knights of the reign«
^ fi'Ilo ^ ^Y ^ a n dTY r 'In his,\onn_ i *<I*>, «ji>' di«rm_i.i«h d limself againpt
Kie WeLh,. and was made' a knight pf the garter after the mempr&bMbattle of;^
,, Shrewsbury. 'In 1408 (when.'twenty-seven years'^of agel^he,: set "out on a
journey to the Holy Land. When he’’entered,l^&bardy,;oWh^'way thither, he.
Lwas met by a herald of 'S||: Pandulf ^Mjl|ic’et, who had heard of his fame, and
who challenged him to certain feats of arms with him.at.Verona for the' order off
j^the garter.jp the presence of §ir\pJalapt' of Mantua.1-' Ripharcl, de Beauchamp-.
f' acceptedStlmchallenge, and, having first visited Rome to perform his pilgrimage
sphere, he "returned to Yejoha^where^he ‘and we^ ron-a day
'iyagsigned, first to jfist with spears/ n ex t^ ^ fight ^ ^ a x e s ^ t^ ^ .with arming"
swords, and finally/with sharp, daggers., Our^fe represents -the combat with
axes, and gives an accurate idea of'the arfnour offthltlifllp and of tufwjsKKfe
using those formidable'weapons. ;-It is taken from the drawing (fol. 207, vA)