Portraits of the Habsburg family and of knights killed in the Battle of Sempach (1386)
This is a 1560 illustrated manuscript from Switzerland, drawn by an unnamed artist and gathered in the e-codices digital manuscript library, recording knights killed at the 1386 Battle of Sempach for a Habsburg-linked audience. The pictures show armoured knights in profile with heraldic shields and crests, painted in flat opaque colour on pale paper, offering a designer a clear reference for medieval armour, plate and mail detail, and heraldic shield patterns.
