Executioners, 9th century

Executioners, 9th century. One wears a sleeveless tunic with belt, laced sandals up to the calf, and holds an axe. The other unarmed in tunic, hose and boots. Manuscript 510, Gregory of Nazianus. Bourreaux, MS 510. Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir E l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel and Wurtz, Bossange, 1827

9th Century Ancient History Bossange Collection Des Costumes Collection Of Costumes Executioners Horace De Viel-castel Illumination Sandals Treuttel And Wurtz Weapons And Furniture

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