Lady of the Order of the Scarf

Lady of the Order of the Scarf. It was established by Jean I, King of Castile, in 1390 to immortalize the role of the women of Placentia who helped lift the siege of their town by the English. It was later united with the Order of the Sash (Ordre de la Bande). The woman wears the order's distinctive gold scarf over her robes. Copied from an illustration by Christoph Weigel in Philipp Bonanni's Ritter-Ordern, 1728. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and Middle Ages, Vienna, 1802

Antique Print Ceremonial Robes Chivalry Christoph Weigel Middle Ages Philipp Bonanni Placentia Ritter-ordern Robert Spallart Robert Von Spalart

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