From the PPF Burgundy Guild page - We got sidetracked on a discussion of horses in the feast hall. Look, more reasons to play with the cooks! Picture - Dinner with Alexander the Great, 1448-1450, Geste dAlexandre, Ms Fr 9342, BNF Account - “At this supper, which lasted a long time, certain entertainments took place that they call challenges. They happen like this. Knights and gentlemen, fully armed and on horseback, accompanied as they pleased and approach the table where the lord of lady giving the feast is seated. Without dismounting, the knight bows and presents his host a letter or piece of paper, fixed to a stick split at the end, in which it is stated that he is a knight or gentleman and with such and such a name which he had chosen and that he comes from some strange land such as ‘the deserts of India’, ‘terrestrial paradise’ ‘the sea’ or ‘the land’ to seek adventures. Because he has heard about this magnificent feast, he has come to court and he now declares that he is ready to receive anyone present who wishes to perform a deed of arms with him. When the letter has been read out and the thing discussed, the host causes a herald to say to the gentleman, who is awaiting a reply in front of the table: ‘Knight or lord, you shall be delivered’. -- Feast given in Estramoz, Portugal at the departure of the Burgundian embassy by the Infante Duarte of Portugal & his wife Leonor Infanta of Aragon. Philip’s embassy is requesting Infanta Isabel, daughter of King John of Portugal for his 3rd wife.
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 05:46:16 +0000
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