Beauchamp sends invitation to a joust
Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, sends a messenger to the French court bearing letters with an invitation to a joust. Above, three of his pavises, or shields, are shown, each depicting a female figure, one harping, another working pearls, and a third making a chapelet
Picture No
13744162
Media ID
47829618
Size
3759px x 4501px
(4.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
15th century Cottonian manuscript: The Life of Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick by John Rous, reproduced in Horda Angel-cynnan: or A Compleat View of the Manners, Customs, Arms, Habits, &c. of the Inhabitants of England by Joseph Strutt (1775) volume II, plate XXXIII
Date
C.1412
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