Tristan presenting Iseult to King Mark of Cornwall

Tristan presenting Irish princess Iseult to his uncle King Mark of Cornwall (who is depicted in crown at right and left). The men in justaucorps, parti-color hose and poulaines or cracows. French costumes of the 14th century. Taken from an illuminated manuscript of Lancelot du Lac or La Quete du Saint-Graal, MS 6964, Bilbiotheque Imperiale de Paris. Formerly owned by Galeazzo Maria Sforza, First (sic) Duke of Milan. Chromolithograph by Ferdinand Sere and Auguste Racinet from Charles Louandre's Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858

14th Century Cracows Illuminated Manuscript Iseult Isolde Justaucorps Poulaines Round Table

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