But the armour of that period, full in the bust, slight in the waist, with broad skirts beneath the corselet, in its slender grace and curious slimness, always has the air of a woman's armour, and seems made for Queen Penthesilea or for the Roman Camilla.

The Maid's armour was white and unadorned, if one may judge from its modest price of one hundred _livres tournois_.

The two suits of mail, made at the same time by the same armourer for Jean de Metz and his comrade, were together worth one hundred and twenty-five _livres tournois_.[816] Possibly one of the skilful and renowned drapers of Tours took the Maid's measure for a _houppelande_ or loose coat in silk or cloth of gold or silver, such as captains wore over the cuirass.

To look well, the coat, which was open in front, must be cut in scallops that would float round the horseman as he rode.

Jeanne loved fine clothes but still more fine horses.[817] [Footnote 813: E.Giraudet, _Histoire de la ville de Tours_, Tours, 1874, 2 vols.