Knights in full armour, first half of the 16th century. They both wear helmets adorned with plumes, full plate armour, slashed skirts and sleeves, gauntlets and spurs. From a miniature by Nikolaus Glockendon in Aschaffenburg castle library. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C. Regnier. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.