Tourney challenge etiquette, 15th century. A seated prince hands a sword to the kneeling king of arms, accompanied by two heralds, to present to his opponent. The prince wears a scarlet hood, doublet, stockings, and cracows. The king of arms wears a coat of arms in ermine, green tunic, boots poulaines and spurs. The dais is decorated with the prince's coat of arms. From an illustration by Barthelemy d'Eyck in Rene of Anjou's "Tournament Book," 1488. 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.