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« La Legende des Sains » de Jacques de Voragine,
traduction de Frere Jehan de Vignay, Hospitalier de l'ordre de Haut Pas »

Painted by Richard de Montbaston, Paris, France, 1348AD. BnF MS Français 241
Martyre de sainte Christine.
Martyrdom of Saint Christine.




Folio 168v.
La Legende des Sains » de Jacques de Voragine, traduction de « Frere Jehan de Vignay, Hospitalier de l'ordre de Haut Pas.
The Legend of the Saints by Jacques de Voragine, translation of Friar Jean de Vignay, Knight Hospitaler of the order of High Pass.
Painted by Richard de Montbaston, Paris, France, 1348AD. Bibliothèque nationale de France MS Français 241.
The archers are wearing red and blue mi-parti tunics, perhaps meant to portray a livery.



ENGLISH ARCHER c.1330-50 in Armies of the Middle Ages, Volume 1 by Ian Heath, based on the Martyrdom of Saint Christine in La Legende des Sains de Jacques de Voragine

From the same manuscript: Martyrdom of St Thomas Becket. Légende dorée by Jacques de Voragine, Paris, France, 1358AD. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 241, f.26v.



See also Chroniques de France ou de St Denis, BL Royal 16 G VI, France, 1332-1350
Other 14th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers




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