The act of confession with an Aremenian bishop, 18th century. The bishop, in robes and crown, sits with a penitent on a carpet. The man's slippers can be seen on the floor in the church. Eveque armenien confessant. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from A. Antoine de Saint-Gervais’s Album des Peuples, ou Collection de Tableaux, Album of Peoples, or Collection of Paintings, J. Langlume et Peltier, Paris, 1835. Reprinted from Moeurs et coutumes des Peuples, Hocquart, 1811.

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