Engagement of two young nobles, early 14th century
Engagement of two young nobles, early 14th century. The fiancee wears her head uncovered apart from a red ribbon or benda in the Italian fashion. At right, the mothers of the betrothed wear linen headdresses and fur-lined mantles over a surcot robe. From manuscript 1194, Suppl. francais, Bibliotheque Imperiale. Les Fiancailles de Jeunes Nobles, France, XIV siecle. Chromolithograph by Ferdinand Sere after Auguste Racinet from Charles Louandre's Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858
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14016067
Media ID
45825107
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6492px x 5756px
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Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Ferdinand Sere, Auguste Racinet
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Auguste Racinet Benda Betrothed Bibliotheque Imperiale Charles Louandre Engagement Ferdinand Sere Fiancee Hangard-mauge Les Arts Somptuaires The Sumptuary Arts
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