
P ^ ^ W P É t ON OF A TOURNAMENT.
n aii " 0-n^ reac^e^- a
'-'^1^pi.Qty-‘d jy :athii•'Pii.ion ts oT peace par-.
war.' The nations, of
^^^^^^SandStffë German, tçibes, like the savages of
.y rliho games and ceremo*
Ijhic s. In âges1 .ot^hivâlrp t]io=ÿ‘ games took a
under the
vrhich appear from
la ffl^ -niiTnoÿfoIiuffi dx^-nftin-r^njjjodiuW in France;
EpJlVir-jrx^rdm o . i t kmd ^y&aVtfpxi Jùwe been
^/practised iijjjCifanWfoi tHl ic*e ndjofi the ninth' century,
ermaj|l| and his (brother Charles;
n t^ ^M many years
attei1^ ards. -The lav-.. Willh*>ica|nj^^d'ln s ( ^ Æ f t fa^
9 M H H H the In
gitnr/pT*ankljycmm^ în èn j^ «put UQlalffi ? rT^k-1
; m ^ p e rio d jfj^ lS JlV 'M jM ^ g ^ - à û tu rv - °Çp Rings
m - ■ ll >r - t• » ~u| 'iï^iili ninn< '■■"is
J w ^ r a R w t rs, S^ttwqi^mFly
were not appeased till mui li ixloôd” had
pTupovyof '{(Titiou'î^ri^i ti n ds * A t he "tun:! >uk ntyhai oto^G sc ml)l^^ ^ .tm
king.,,
•^^BH™3jÉm^^'ùniëfou<<.'Dr(»atis( s on the 1 ( ustoms of Jtoui n^un< nts no
e-sting than lin* IraiTérd ^ ^ Immidii
bom in l^ïSfSandjJtVanpnvUAiiike lid l.^ÿh'aijf^^IT.
es. c^olarcd him herein ir in his
ijn" bj^ Alfonso 1. KinW’of•
by the sami ’fru
need bis claims to the (JQVri%ff^Aatjl^^U>0*17" Old to his
dit^Krcditar}.’cl'oiniiiions. wlmre he.\-{i1j>#^ B | ^ ^ ^ l J i s ^ s u ' l t j u t s . a t
Alt^ln §jf(Atence,fj{i 1430. R e n é was distinguished among his subjects by
1'he Goad. ^ f f ^ V as a ^oj^C p a t r o n ’ g veil as of'
l£fllp|ure an® thid-fbne arts, ijpy all wlïÿjh h f f i y w’as
fr^uentlSgratified with ^splendid tournamcnl'^'and^hi^W ^urs (i>
composed hig famous Traité 14w< ). Several man usoripts of
this'-work are rhrésefvcd :,' Im j;T h ^ ^ ^^ |ronay‘whi< ji our raHB^^^ken, and
which is »now in the
was René’s own-.co^P and itds said that the illuminations j i n n -drawn b} his
OWn hand. &Tte drawings are' interëltmgf not ohl\S ^ ^ i^ffl^ljictu.r(is of|thè,
mànïiépiM#fe time, but as valuable spCfei^'<i^©f'lie/-alçîiê ^•obtume.16“ fsfr
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