Funeral rites, 10th century

Frankish funeral rites, 10th century. Offering incense over a body in a shroud (top) and funeral of a bishop, 10th century. The bishop is laid out in a coffin in his vestments, mitre, almuce and surplice, with pollinctors and soldier in chainmail and helmet (bottom). Ceremonies funebres. 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

10th Century Ancient History Bossange Chainmail Collection Des Costumes Collection Of Costumes Franks Horace De Viel-castel Illumination Incense Mitre Shroud Surplice Treuttel And Wurtz Vestments Weapons And Furniture

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