French costumes, end of the 15th century. Usurer in chaperon 1, young man with rose 2, young woman 3 and old woman in hennin hat 4. The men with large purses or almoniers on their belts. L'usurier, la damoiseau, la jeune fille, la vieille dame. XVe siecle. No. 1 from Danse des Morts de Blois, the rest 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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