Italian infantry soldier with lance and sword, 15th century. He wears a laced, pink velvet doublet over a white shirt, brayette (codpiece), stockings of blue and red/white, black shoes. Sword with gold grip and black scabbard. From a miniature in the great Bible of the Duke of Urbino. 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.