French costumes, end of 15th century. Disabled beggar with crutches 1, female fool with marotte 2, witch with broom 3 and sergeants at arms with rods and swords 4,5. La mendiante 1, la folle 2, la sorciere 3, sergents d'armes 4,5. XVe siecle. No. 4 from Danse des Morts de Blois, all others from a manuscript Danse des Morts in the Bibliotheque Imperiale. Chromolithograph by Ferdinand Sere and Auguste Racinet from Charles Louandre’s Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.

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