Woman lying on a bed while a man fans her with peacock-feather fan, 9th century. From illuminated manuscript 510 by Gregory of Nazianzus. Figure tiree du MS 510. Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir à l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel & Wurtz, Bossange, 1827.

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