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|; Chateauguyon, killed by thc Swiss when he was 28 years old at the battle of Grandson in 1476; his banncr was also capturcd. The valets seem to have comc from tlić lower strata of society, but this one, being the servant ofa Burgundian nobleman, wears a mail shirt and a good velvet brigandine with gilded rivets, under a metal plackart. He has a Steel cap with rondcls to protcct the sides of the head. Most valets would almost certainly have been far less well equipped than this one.

Fj: Sermnt

A servant or page holds the man-at-arms’s lance. .He is dressed in typical civilian costume, and if he is a page could well be the son ofa lesser gentleman sent-to learn court etiąuette, manners and warfare from his mentor.

Platę G: Men of the ordinances, 14.j1-14.jj Much of the equipment and clothing of these figures is described in the text dealing with the ordinances, to which the reader should refer.

Gi: Crossbowman

This crossbowman holds a pavise painted with the emblems of Burgundy, a St. Andrew’s cross and styliscd sparking flints. These ‘personal’ emblems had no connection with the official heraldic arms, but were adopted and modified at the whim of their creators. John the Fearless at first had a hop leafas his emblem, but when the French king displayed a ragged staff (symbolising his punitive ińtentions towards Burgundy), John adopted a piane With wood chippings as a reply in 1405. Under Philip the Good the piane turned into a flint, or firestone, and the chippings into sparks, and Charles the Bold added the motto Je l’ay emprins— I have undertaken it\ The crossbowman’s quiver with the same motif is taken from a contemporary manuscript. Notę also his ęrossbow cover and crannequin.

Gj: Coustillier

A coustillier dressed in the German fashion. Coustil-liers appear to have come mostly from the middle classes, and instances are found of kuyers down on their luck offering their servięes as coustilliers. This one wears a German sallet typically dccorated with a scarf and feather. Notę his thigh-length boots turned down; the tab has two holes for points which werd; .probably attached to the doublet. The brigandine under his jacket is just visible through the side vent.

G4: Crossbowman

A crossbowman quickly draws a bolt from the neck of his jacket, an interesting detail taken from the Swiss Schilling chronicie. His buff leather bag is illustrated in a Franco-Burgundian miniaturę of c.1440.

Platę H: Men of the ordinances, 14J1-14JJ Hi: Handgumer

This handgunner wears a smali kettle hat com-monly illustrated on Burgundian soldiers in the

The Burgundian army on the niarch, as secn by the Swiss chronicler Dicbold Schilling in 1477. Carters urge on horses struggling with bombards and smaller field guns, the latter on their own integral carriagcs, with clevation mcchanisms. Beyond them, handgunners march under banners and pen-nons. Most soldiers wear brigandines or quilted jacks with kettle hats, but the man in the left foreground, impatient for his comrade’s fiask, has a brcastplate and arm harness. Notę thc trumpeter at the right, with the Burgundian arnis on his trumpet banner. Ali soldiers wear the St. Andrew’s cross on chest and back. (Bibliotheąue de la Bourgeoisie de Berne)

G2: Pikeman

A pikeman as described in the 1472 ordinance, About to wadę a stream, he has rolled up his. footless hose and tućked his shoes.in his belt, a pleasing detail taken from the illustrated chronicie.

; óf the Swiss Tschachtlan, c. 1474.