Village nuptials, 14th century.

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Village nuptials, 14th century. The bride is accompanied home by her father and her groom, to the sound of rebecs (oboes). She wears a crown and girdle, a rich cape over a bodice and dress, identifying her as a duchess. From the Gaignieres collection. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days, Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834.

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