Cuer d'Amour arrives at the land of Compagnie, 15th century

The knight Cuer d'Amour arrives at the land of Compagnie, 15th century. He wears a winged helmet adorned with flowers, red tunic and plate armour. He dines with ferry women in hennin hats. Compagnie et Amitie. France, XVe siecle. From Rene d'Anjou's Roman de tres-douce Mercy au Cuer d'amour epris, 1457, Bibliotheque Imperiale, Fonds de la Valliere MS 36. Chromolithograph by Thurwanger after an illustration by Claudius Joseph Ciappori from Charles Louandre's Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858

1457 15th Century Bibliotheque Imperiale Charles Louandre Chivalry Claudius Joseph Ciappori Compagnie Dines Hangard-mauge Hennin Les Arts Somptuaires Plate Armour The Sumptuary Arts Thurwanger Xve Siecle

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