Frankish women listening to a Christian priest, 9th century. Four women in rich robes and veils seated on a sofa, reading Bibles. From an illuminated manuscript showing Saint Jerome reading to Eustachia and Paula in the Vivian Bible, King Charles the Bald’s First Bible, 845. Femmes ecoutant un Prophete. Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir à l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel & Wurtz, Bossange, 1827.

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