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14th century illustrations of costume from a scene from the
Angers Apocalypse Tapestry
A detail of the retreating rider
Full large image of this panel from the Angers Apocalypse Tapestry (2.1MB)
Photo by: Rémi Jouan
Date: Produced between 1377 and 1382
Culture: French
Location: Angers, Anjou, France
The tapestry was made in Paris in six sections, each 24 m wide by 6.1 m high, comprising 90 different scenes.
Referenced on p.15, French Armies of the Hundred Years War by David Nicolle
The Horsemen of the Apocalypse on a French tapestry made between 1375 and 1390. All except one figure - who is shown as a stylised Oriental - are given normal French arms and armour of the period. The foreground rider clearly wears a mail haubergeon over his cuirass or brigandine, with plate limb defences; note also his shield - c.f. Plate A3. (Castle Museum, Angers)