Adoption of orphan children in the Inferior Court of the Great Bailiwick. Facsimile after a woodcut in "Le refuge et garand des pupilles, orphelins et prodigues" by Joost de Damhouder (1507-1581). Published Antwerp, 1557. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-âge et à l'époque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

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