Knights in armor for an Italian course and a German joust

Two mounted knights in tournament colours for an Italian course (left) and a German joust (right). The Italian courser is draped in black and white colors, with a horse caparison decorated with blazon of the letter W, cockerels and a woman with shield. His lance has a three-pronged coronet and a ribbon 225. The German jouster has dramatic white plumes on his helmet, a black and silver striped horse caparison, and a pointed metal lance tip 224. Copied from the Freydal of Maximilian I and the Turnierbuch of Jeremias Schemel, 16th century. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and Middle Ages, Vienna, 1802

16th Century Antique Print Blazon Caparison Cockerels Dark Ages Freydal Joust Middle Ages Robert Spallart Robert Von Spalart Tourney

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