A mounted equerry in full armor with lance, shield and helmet in colors of crimson and gold.


A mounted equerry in full armor with lance, shield and helmet depicted from behind. The knight's colors of crimson and gold are seen in the skirts and saddle. The equerry performed the role of shield-bearer to a knight. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796)


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