Over the duke’s head is a daïs or “dosseret” of state. “As for the fashion of a dosseret”, says our lady, “seeing that many people don’t know what one is, a dosseret should be as wide as three widths of cloth of gold and made just like the canopy of a bed. A dosseret behind and above a dresser must not rise above it more than a quarter or half an ell, and it has flounce and fringe like the canopy of a bed. The part behind the dresser is bordered from top to bottom on both sides with a different material from the centre, and the border should be about a quarter of the whole width, and the same for the canopy.” The dosseret in the Countess of Charolois’s chamber was of cloth of gold “cramoisy”, bordered with black velvet, and the velvet was embroidered in fine gold with the device of Duke Philip the Good, which was a flint and steel.

He was named as an unindicted co-conspirator.

Before pollution and overharvesting intervened, New York was one of the world’s great oyster hubs and the shellfish was abundant in its street markets, dingy bars and fancy restaurants.

He stalked away in anger.