Two knights in suits of armor on foot fighting a duel with swords in a tourney.. The knight at left wears a crimson tunic (surtout) over his suit of armor, and has crimson, yellow and black plumes on his helmet. The knight at right wears a blue tunic trimmed with gold, carries a red shield with gold emblem, and has a long crimson plume on his helmet.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796).