Costume of an Italian infantryman; 15th century. He wears a small brown cap embroidered in gold; long hair loose; tight doublet open at the shoulder and elbow revealing his shirt; two-tone stockings in red and orange; green belt with sword and dagger. He holds a pike. From a painting by Pinturicchio in the Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem; Rome. Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries; Levy Fils; Paris; 1861.