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Exercise of quintain, mid 15th century, (1877). Medieval chivalry training. A dummy, mounted on a rotating pivot with a shield, was used by mounted riders to simulate real combat situations. After a miniature from the "Chronicles of Charlemagne", mid-15th century. From "Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et à l'Epoque de la Renaissance", Paris, 1877.