<b>The King of Norway</b>, cut-out version of a drawing from a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/chromolithograph" class="extiw" title="en:chromolithograph">chromolithograph</a> from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k503935j/f353.item"><i>Ancien Armorial Equestre de la Toison d'Or et de l'Europe au 15e siecle</i></a> by  Lorédan Larchey (1831–1902), published in Paris 1890.
<p>Text in French translated in English: 
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<ul><li><i> Plate CI <b>The King of Norway.</b>(Fol. 55 of the manuscript.)</i></li>
<li><i>LEGEND: The King of Norway (15th-century Gothic). In the bottom margin is written: "Roy deNoerweghe" (15th-century cursive).</i></li>
<li><i>COSTUME: Helmet with a crest of a high gold hat turned up with ermine, flanked by two naturalistic iron battle-axes (the handle and blade being made from one piece), and topped by a peacock feather planted in a gold-crowned ball. In the Book of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelre_Armorial" class="extiw" title="en:Gelre Armorial">Gelre Armorial</a>, edited by Mr. Victor Bouton, we see that a century earlier the crest was a lion painted on a kind of high crest of five-pointed red stars, each topped by a peacock feather. The mantling is purple, while on our plate it is ermine.</i></li></ul><dl><dd><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabard" class="extiw" title="en:Tabard">Tabard</a> and horse cover (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/caparison" class="extiw" title="en:caparison">caparison</a>) with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Norway#History" class="extiw" title="en:Coat of arms of Norway">arms of Norway</a>: Gules, a lion rampant or armed and langued azure, holding an argent battle-axe (the handle and blade being made from one piece). In other armorials, the lion is crowned, armed and langued or; the battle-axe is double-edged and gilded. In the 17th century, Vulson de la Colombière called this axe a Danish axe and gave it a wavy cutting edge in the shape of an accolade.</i></dd>
<dd><i>Ermine lining. White horse.</i></dd>
<dd><i>Taken in isolation, the effigy of the King of Norway would seem to predate 1389, when this kingdom was united with Denmark and Sweden under the scepter of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_Waldemar" class="extiw" title="en:Margaret of Waldemar">Margaret of Waldemar</a>. But we have already seen that our collection does not take into account political changes. Once recognized, each royalty remains accompanied by its heraldic attributes, which a new power may appropriate without ever altering them. Sovereigns may change, but their symbolic representation remains immutable.</i></dd></dl><ul><li>Also see the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b55009806h/f181.item.r=Armorial%20de%20l'Europe%20et%20de%20la%20Toison%20d'or">original illustration</a> from <i><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Armorial_%C3%A9questre_de_la_Toison_d%27or" class="extiw" title="fr:Grand Armorial équestre de la Toison d'or">Armorial de l'Europe et de la Toison d'or</a></i>, an illuminated manuscript containing an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/armorial" class="extiw" title="en:armorial">armorial</a> representing the members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Golden_Fleece" class="extiw" title="en:Order of the Golden Fleece">Order of the Golden Fleece</a> between 1429 and 1461, currently held at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioth%C3%A8que_de_l%27Arsenal" class="extiw" title="en:Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal">Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal</a>.</li></ul><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theheraldrysociety.com/shop/images/erik-of-pomerania-as-erik-vii-king-of-norway/">The Heraldry Society</a>: <i>Erik of Pomerania as Erik VII King of Norway</i></li></ul>
<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lor%C3%A9dan_Larchey" class="extiw" title="fr:Lorédan Larchey">Lorédan Larchey</a> (1831–1902)
1891
<i>Ancien Armorial Equestre de la Toison d'Or et de l'Europe au 15e siecle</i> ("Ancient Equestrian Armorial of the Order of the Golden Fleece and Europe in the 15th century")