Messages : 2510 Date d'inscription : 18/06/2008 Age : 55 Localisation : Chartreuse
Sujet: Le chevalier Français et son épée Chinoise... Lun 8 Sep 2014 - 13:49
At first glance, the Tomb Effigy of Jean d'Alluye appears to depict perfectly the French Crusader knight: chain-mail shirt, giant shield, eyes awake but calm, hands folded in piety, a lion resting at his feet as a sign of courage and strength. Yet this knight's grave — held in the Gothic Chapel of the Cloisters museum in New York — has something no other nobleman of his time had: a Chinese sword. (...)