15th Collection (page 56)

Costume / Mixed (C15)
Two women and a man in medieval dress (probably Dutch)

Saint Peter (Sompts)
SAINT PETER the Apostle in Popes costume

Bigamous Wife
A bigamous woman with two husbands (one in jail) and one at her side. She seemingly has the blessing of the church

Costume / Women / C15 France
A group of French noble women in a variety of dress and headwear styles

Law / Court Scene (C15)
A scene in a French court showing judgement being passed on criminals who are bound at the neck and the wrists

Rent Collectors Reckon
Rent collectors do their reckoning

Military / Janissary, C15
A Turkish Janissary

Roman Catholic Bishop
A Roman Cathlic bishop in full ceremonial dress. Not all bishops had a halo, however : this one was evidently a saint as well as being a bishop

Comet of 1811 over Paris
A comet seen in 1811 from Paris, quite possibly the same one which was seen at daybreak from Otterbourne Hill, Winchester, England on October 15th

Venetians in the Levant
Venetian traders in the Levant

Belgium 15C Dance Tree
Flemish peasants dance round a tree, to the sound of a bagpipe

Noble Persons in Country
APRIL Courtly life in the grounds of the chateau de Dourdan - lovers exchange rings, girls pick spring flowers

Berry / January
JANUARY The Duc de Berry at table, surrounded by courtiers

French Bowmen
French bowmen

15th Century Carriage 2
A French noblewoman rides in a rather primitive and probably very uncomfortable carriage

15th Century Carriage 1
A French queen travelling through the streets in her carriage : unfortunately, the king seems to have met with some kind of accident

French Court C15
Scene in a French court room

Folklore / Green Men
Green men of English traditional folk customs, dressed for a masquerade

Ancient Egypt Priests
Egyptian priests playing the harp

WAR HORSE
War horse wearing armour and defensive protection

Alphabet / Illust / T (Shaw)
T - illustrated in a medieval style

Medieval Knighting
The medieval ceremony of knighthood, represented in an illustration of the Trojan War depicting the knighting of Pyrrhus of Epirus

Horse Warriors
Two armed warriors on horseback 2 of 4

15th Century Witch
A witch, accompanied by a beggar and a fool, curses two sergeants-at-arms who slink away terrified

Wine at French Chateau
The cultivation and fabrication of wine at a medieval French chateau

Farming 15th Century
Le Travail des Champs - farm workers sowing, plowing, harrowing, reaping, threshing, digging, planting trees &c

Selling Drink and Bread
A French boulangerie- cabaret, selling drink as well as bread

Presenting Souls to God
Angels present the souls of the recently deceased to God

Building a Cathedral
The architects atelier during the construction of a cathedral, with scale model, details of stonework, tools and plans

BANQUET
Dinner-time in a noble chateau - the chatelaine dines with her ladies while her lord is away at the wars

Concepts / Religious
THE FORTRESS OF FAITH The Church, surrounded by heretics and unbelievers, defended by bishops, monks and of course the Pope

Paris / From North 15C
View of Paris from the north

Social Scenes / France / C15
ANNE DE BRETAGNE, QUEEN OF CHARLES VIII (and later of Louis XII) SURROUNDED BY HER DAMES D HONNEUR, and being presented with a book

Mediaeval Astronomer
Mediaeval astronomer

Pilgrims to Holy Land
Christians travelling to the Holy Land

C15 Spinning, Weaving
The operations of spinning and weaving

Portuguese caravel

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