C15 Collection

Ms - C15 French Breviary
page from a French Breviary: the miniature depicts the Annunciation to Mary by an angel, watched by God from up there Date: early 15th century

Military / C15 / Knight & Sq
A French knight (Giriart) and a squire

WATCHING THE DEAD C15
Watching the dead, in the nave of a German church : monks in cowls mourn while the priest intones suitable prayers Date: 15th century

LITTER, C14/C15
A French seigneur is borne in a horse-drawn litter, accompanied by his guards on horseback Date: 14th - 15th centuries

FRENCH HERALDS C15
Heralds in France at the time of the death of Charles VI (they give the bad news to the King's son). Date: circa 1500

ROYAL STANDARD - with medieval decoration Date: 15th Century

Two Dutch men and a woman. Date: 1470-1485

Rene, Duc d Anjou at Aix-en-Provence
Rene, Duc d Anjou and Comte de Provence (1409-80) in procession with his courtiers at Aix-en-Provence. Date: circa 1460

Costumes include: hood with liripipe, hose, short doublet or jerkin, tall crowned hats, hood-like headdresses, pouches suspended from belts, short gowns with full sleeves. Date: 15th century

C15 CONCERT
Horn-players accompany a boys choir, while the music-master directs from a manuscript score. The dog in the foreground is not particularly interested. Date: 15th century

TOURNAMENT JUDGE / C15
A judge is led to the tournament on horseback by a page in France Date: 15th Century

DEATH / DO US PART (C15)
Allegorical representation of death seperating two lovers - Til Death Do Us Part.... Date: 15th Century

CONCEPTS / PHILOSOPHY / C15
Allegorical representation of Philosophy (the lady) accompanied by the writer and philosopher, Boece Date: 15th Century

DEVIL ATTACKS SHIP, C15
A devil attacks a merchant ship in a storm while God watches from above Date: 15th Century

Social Scenes - France - 15th century
The French court - Marie dAnjou, queen of Charles VII, receives a book from her chaplain, Robert Blondel, while courtiers stand around Date: 1455

Costume / Bourgogne C15
Man: very short houppelande or jacket with dagged epaulettes & hanging sleeves, parti- coloured hose, piked shoes & a bandeau. Woman: Hennin & veil headdress, gown & kirtle. Date: 15th century

15th century English ladies
A noble lady receives a slightly less noble lady who kneels submissively : perhaps she is being ticked off for not wearing a pointed hat like the rest of them... Date: 15th century

HMS Hazard on River Thames, Tower Bridge
HMS Hazard with submarine C15 and other vessels on the River Thames near Tower Bridge, for a naval review. Date: circa 1909

German Costume Early C15
Men: garments with hanging sleeves worn under armour, chaperon with liripipe. Woman: houppelande (gown) with hanging sleeves, ermine borders, a rosary & a barbette Date: early 15th century

English Courtiers C15+
Four courtiers in a variety of clothing styles - long gowns, short coats Date: 15/16th centuries

English Gentleman C15+
An Englishmen in a three- quarter length coat Date: 15/16th centuries

English Vips C15+
Four persons of distinction, three in long gowns, one in a short tunic and high breeches Date: 15/16th centuries

Four Englishmen C15
Four Englishmen all wearing long gowns or robes Date: 15th century

Persons of Rank, C15
Four Englishmen of high rank Date: 15th century

English Ladies C15
Three ladies of rank wear long high-belted dresses to keep them warm in draughty castles, and high pointed hats for ornament rather than any practical purpose Date: 15th century

Male Dandy / 15C Strutt
The dandies of the day take the phrase a feather in your cap literally, and in a big way - fine on a still day, not so good in a high wind Date: 15th century

English ladies 15th Century
- My, where DID you get that hat ! exclaims one lady to another, holding up her hands in amazement : the third lady, understandably, doubts if it the style will catch on... Date: 15th century

Women / Headwear / C15-C16
A variety of headwear worn by English women. Date: 15th - 16th century

Tower Bridge open to allow ships through, including HMS Hazard and submarine C15, for a naval review. circa 1909

Selling Indulgences C15
Jesuits sell indulgences to the people of Lucerne, Switzerland - the populace give the Church money in return for spending a shorter period in Purgatory... Date: 15th century

Costume / Mixed, C15 Franc
Costume/Mixed, C15 Franc

Staking Plants, C15
A 16th century husbandman plants a stake for climbing plants - illustration to Richard Pynsons printing of The Kalender of Shepardes

C15 Battle Scene
English knights engage the French in this fine scene from the 100 Years War, in Wynkyn de Wordes Polychronicon printed in 1495

Etiquette / C15 Leave
A French knight takes his leave from a Nobleman and his Lady

Social / France / C15 Fleece
A Gathering of the Chapter of the Golden Fleece held by Charles the Bold

English Gentlemen C15
Four gentlemen - one walking, one exclaiming at the view, one supplicating, one disdainfully rejecting his supplication

French Court Lady C15
A lady of the French court during the reign of Charles VII

French Chambriere C15
A French chambriere or femme de chambre (chambermaid) during the reign of Charles VII

French Countrywoman C15
Countrywoman from the environs of Paris, during the reign of Charles VII. Date: 1443

Customs / Marriage (C15)
Contemporary illustration of a wedding ceremony involving French nobility

Military / Scene (C15)
A column of medieval French soldiers accompany Renaud de Montauban and Gerard de Roussillon

Charlemagne (C15)
CHARLEMAGNE - French Emperor in his camp

Threshing, C15 France
A 15th century French farm - activities in the farmyard, barn and stables

Ms - C15 French Abraham
page from a French Bible history, showing God telling Abraham what he is to do

Ms - C15 Breviary
Page from a French breviary : the miniature depicts Hannah before Eli the High Priest

Catapult C15
A rather lethal looking catapult with a huge sling on a wooden base

C15 Commercial Building
The Old Fountain in the Minories, London, so solidly built that three horses were needed to pull the timbers apart when it was demolished in 1793

C15 Religious Costume
Ecclesiastical habits, a pilgrim, a nun and a monk - two of them carrying their beads, for this is before the Reformation

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