French knight on horseback for a tournament; 14th century. He wears a steel helmet; blue cuirass or breastplate; shield with steel plate decorated with fleurons; suit of plate armour and carries a lance. The horse is caparisoned in gold. From a miniature in a Bible held by the Barberini library; Rome. Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries; Levy Fils; Paris; 1861.