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Procession of the Students of the Leiden University, Held on 8 February 1845, Depicting the Procession of Floris V with the Newly Made Knights of St. James to the Tournament Given by Him at The Hague in 1279 upon the Establishment of that Order
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Historical costumed parade by the students of Leiden University on February 8, 1845, celebrating the 270th anniversary of the university. The subject of the historical parade and masquerade is the parade of Count Floris V with the Knights of St. James in The Hague in 1279. On the left and right two columns with medieval decorations, at the top Minerva flies through the air. At the bottom a chain with the insignia of the Order of St. James.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineOptogt van H.H. Studenten der Leijdsche Hoogeschool. Gehouden den 8ste Februarij 1845. Voorstellende den Optogt van Floris V met de pas geslagen St. Jacobsridders naar het door hem, bij de instelling . 1845. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.