Lepers begging on the road to Morocco holding out bowls so coins could be dropped in and the donor not contaminated. They were banned from the city and confined to a village outside the walls. Engraving, 1887.

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Lepers begging on the road to Morocco holding out bowls so coins could be dropped in and the donor not contaminated. They were banned from the city and confined to a village outside the walls. Engraving, 1887.

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