Martyrdom of St Ursula, the Life of St Ursula
by Hans Memling, c.1489

From the Shrine of St Ursula by Hans Memling, c.1489

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Referenced on p.33, St_George-by_Master_FVB-Rijksmuseum.jpg Details from the Reliquary of St. Ursula by Hans Memling (1430/5-94).
(Left) A Flemish soldier, probably typical of the infantry of the Burgundian army.
He wears a quilted jacket over a mail shirt; the chain protecting his left arm is a form of protection very rarely illustrated, but must have been most economical, and so possibly quite common. His hose is obviously of the footless variety, with a strap under the foot, as he has rolled one leg up over his ankle.
(Right) This soldier wears a brigandine over a mail shirt, together with plate arm and leg defences; his comrade above wields a war axe.
(Hansmemlingrnuseum, Bruges)