FLO4676814: Minion costume wearing a lantern for a round of night, 14th century - Sbirro or famiglio, Italian police agent with lantern, 14th century - He wears a scarlet cap, grey cape with black border, black tunic, red stockings and black boots - From a painting on the cover of a ledger in Siena Biccherna (treasury) - Handcolored illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1860, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676843: Les funerailles d'un eveque, 14th century - Funeral of a bishop, 14th century - Body of a bishop in mitre, chasuble and vestments lying in state, while bishop, monk, priest, nuns and altar boys perform a funeral rite with candles, bible, censer and cross - From a miniature in a missal in the Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio, Milan - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1860, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676913: Costume d'un senateur venitien (Italy), 14th century - Venetian senator, 14th century - He wears a scarlet toque, scarlet cape lined with ermine with slit sides over black robes - From the painting “” Procession of the True Cross in Piazza San Marco””” by Gentile Bellini, 1496 - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1860, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676603: Costume d'un homme de la nobility german, 15th century - German nobleman, 15th century - He wears a red hat tied with green ribbon, hood and collar embroidered in gold, white robe with gold hem, red stockings and grey boots with silver spurs, red belt and sword in white scabbard - (In the original, the collar is yellow, the robe blue and boots yellow -) From a painting by Pinturicchio showing the introduction of Eleanor of Portugal to Frederick III, Piccolomini Library, Duomo, Siena - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4675918: Costume d'une femme de la nobility romaine, 14th century - Costume of a noble woman of Rome, 14th century - She wears a white veil, a sky blue cape and a simple dress in pale violet - From a sepulchral stone to the wife of Luca Sevelli, in the Basilica of Saint Sabina, Rome, dated 1390 - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4675948: Plebeien costume (costume ordinaire d'un homme du peuple), 14th century - Costume of a common man, 14th century - He wears a large, hooded smock with buttons down the front, and black shoes - From a painting by Simone Memmi, in the Spanish Chapel, Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, Florence - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4675973: Costume d'une femme de la nobility anglaise, 14th century - Costume of an English noblewoman, 14th century - She wears a headdress red crown and violet ear covers, white veil, cape decorated with heraldic lions, green dress trimmed with ermine - From the sepulchral stone of Joyeuse Tiptoft in a church in Enfield, died 1446 - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4675998: Italian infantry soldier, 14th century - He wears a winged helm, cuirassy and shoulder armour, green tabard over chainmail, knee armour and greaves - He carries a shield, sword and battle mace - From a miniature in a manuscript in the Barberini library, Rome - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676006: Costume d'un fantassin italian, 15th century - Italian infantry soldier with lance and sword, 15th century - He wears a laced, pink velvet doublet over a white shirt, brayette (codpiece), stockings of blue and red/white, black shoes - Sword with gold grip and black scabbard - From a miniature in the great Bible of the Duke of Urbino - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676014: Costume d'un jeune horalier italian, 14th century - Costume of a young Italian cavalry man, 14th century - He wears a scarlet bonnet, scarlet tabard bordered in gold and ermine, black belt, yellow stockings, and iron spurs - From a painting by Francesco Vanni of Petrarch's “” Triumph of Death”” in the Academy of Fine Arts, Siena - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676031: Bartolomeo Sacchi, dit Il Platina (1421-1481), Italian humanist and writer - Bartolomeo Platina, Italian Renaissance writer, 1421-1481 - He wears a violet cape over a scarlet doublet edged in ermine - From a painting by Piero della Francesca - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676038: Costume d'un notaire, 15th century - Costume of a church notary, 15th century - He wears a red robe with hanging sleeves and blue collar, a gold habit and white shirt - From a miniature painting by Piero della Francesca - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676059: Costume d'une jeune femme italian, 15th century - Costume of a young Italian woman, 15th century - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1860, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676071: Young page costume, 15eme century - Young page boy, 15th century - He wears a gold two-tone cape, red tabard, scarlet toque, green stockings and red cracows (pointed shoes a la poulaine) - From a fresco by Pinturicchio in the Piccolomini Library, Siena, Italy - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from” “Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676099: Costume of a German nobleman, 15th century - Costume of a German nobleman, 15th century - He wears a hat, sleeveless fur-trimmed tabard over a red doublet, stockings and laced boots - A dagger handle sticks out of his purse on his belt - From a fresco depicting the coronation of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676130: Costume d'une jeune femme de Hollande (Netherlands), 15th century - Costume of a young woman of Holland, 15th century - She wears a pink turban with long veil, white blouse, white cape, and green dress with crimson velvet sleeves - She holds a peacock feather in her hand - From a painting by Lucas van Leyden in the Academy of Fine Arts, Pisa - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676249: Military costume: a man of arms (professional soldier) of the 15th century, accompanied by a young page - Man of arms of the 15th century - He wears a helmet and suit of steel plate armour with gold chainmail joints - His young page in tunic and stockings holds a sword in a blue scabbard - From a painting by Pinturicchio in the Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem, Rome - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676298: Catherine Cornaro (1454-1510), Queen of Cyprus, surrounded by Venetian ladies, kneeling in prayer, holding precious rosaries, 15th century - Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus with Venetian ladies, 15th century - She wears a crown with gemstones over a green diadem, a veil over her shoulders, corset and sleeves in gold-embroidered fabric - From a painting by Gentile Bellini in the Academy of Fine Arts, Venice - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676140: Vestments of a Catholic cardinal, 15th century - He wears a flat hat, a scarlet cape with arm holes and hood, white rochet and blue cassock - From a painting by an unknown artist in the Academy of Fine Arts, Siena - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676158: Costume d'un jeune homme venitien, tenant un etendard, 15th century - Young Venetian man with banner, 15th century - He wears a scarlet bonnet, a short velvet cape, a crimson and blue doublet, white shirt, scarlet wool stockings and red shoes - He holds a lance with pennant - From a painting by Carlo Crivelli in a gallery in the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676239: Charles of Anjou (1226-1285) French prince and king Charles I of Naples from 1266 and titular king of Jerusalem from 1277 - Charles of Anjou, Charles I of Naples, 1226-1285, at his investiture as senator of Rome - He wears a crown, chlamys fastened at the shoulder with a clasp, a pink tunic over a red doublet, and holds the capituli, the constitution of Rome - He is seated on a lion throne - From a statue by Nicolas Pisan (later attributed to Arnolfo di Cambio) in the Capitolini, Rome - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris 1860, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676887: Costume d'une jeune femme de Florence (Italy), 14th century - Noble woman of Florence, 14th century - She wears her hair tied with black laces, blue simar embroidered in gold, yellow lining, scarlet robe, leather belt - From a painting to illustrate Boccaccio's Decameron by an artist of the Florentine school - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1860, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4677083: King Edward III of England (1312-1377) - King Edward III of England, 14th century, in blue cape trimmed with ermine, red tunic bordered with gold - From his sepulchral monument in Westminster Abbey, London, with gold crown from the monument to Henry III, sceptre from paintings of Richard II, and throne from an ancient manuscript - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676980: Costume d'une femme de la nobility Siennoise (Italy), 14th century - Noble woman of Siena, in luxurious crown of gold, silver necklace and fringed violet dress, from a painting by Domenico Bartoli, 14th century - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4677051: Costume d'une jeune femme francaise, 14th century - Costume of a young French woman, 14th century, from the Titius Livius manuscript - She wears her hair tied with black laces, a white dress embroidered with gold, and long bizarre cracows (shoes “” a la poulaine”””””) - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4677070: Costume d'un valet, 14th century - Costume of a valet, 14th century - He wears a red hood with white border, tabard of the same fabric, lead-coloured stockings and silver spurs - He carries a dagger in a red scabbard - From a manuscript of “” Lancelot of the Lake”” in the Imperiale Library, 6964 - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4677154: Costume d'un jeune homme italien, 14eme century - Costume of a young Italian man, 14th century - He wears a tabard with a blue-and-white striped right side, and beige left side with hood over the shoulder - From a miniature in the Titus Livius manuscript in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4675970: Knight of the short-lived Order of the Knot, an order of chivalry founded in 1352 by Louis of Taranto, King of Naples - He wears a brown tabard, steel helm, suit of armour, gauntlets and spurs - The helm edges of the shield are decorated with knots - From a sepulchral stone in the church of Saint Catherine, Pisa - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4675983: Oldrado da Tresseno (d. 1233), podestat (mayor) of Milan (Italy), 13th century - Oldrado da Tresseno, Podesta or Mayor of Milan, 13th century - He wears a blue cape with gold clasp at the shoulder, pink tunic, yellow stockings, gold spurs - From an equestrian statue - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1860, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4675984: Pope Sixtus IV (Francesco della Rovere, 1414-1484), crown 1471 - Pope Sixtus IV, (1414-1484), seated on a throne - He wears a bonnet and almuce in red wool trimmed with ermine, linen rochet, and a cassock of white wool - From a painting by Piero della Francesca in the Vatican - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676156: Gaston de Foix, Duke of Nemours or Gaston de Foix Nemours (1489-1512), Count of Etampes, General of the Armees of the King of France - Gaston de Foix (1489-1512), French military commander famous for his campaign during the War of the League of Cambrai - He wears a laurel wreath, a blue tunic over a suit of armour, and rests his hand a sword - From a sculpture by Agostino Busti preserved in the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan (now in Sforza Castle) - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676196: Costume d'une jeune duchesse, 15th century - Costume of a young duchess, 15th century - She wears a bonnet with a gold crown, white chemisette over lace chemise, a gold brocade dress over a black dress, with sleeves laced to the shoulders - From a painting by Lucas van Leyden in the Academy of Fine Arts, Pisa - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676207: Costume d'une jeune femme de Milan (Italy), 15th century - Fashion of a young woman of Milan, 15th century - She sits on the floor reading a book, wearing a cape with sleeves lined in ermine, green belt, yellow dress and headdress - From a fresco in the Cathedral of Monza - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676237: Military costume of an officer in the court of Frederic III of the Holy Empire (1415-1493) - Military costume of an officer in the court of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, 15th century - He wears a black cap, doublet with slashed sleeves revealing his shirt, breeches, stockings, garters, and carries a cane - From the Titius Livius manuscript in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676253: Woman in bed from the 15th century - Woman in bed from the 15th century - She wears veil and bedclothes in white linen - The bed is carved walnut, with yellow and gold pillows and crimson covers - From a miniature painting in a manuscript in Barberini library, Rome - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676258: Costume d'une femme de la nobility italian, 15th century - Italian noblewoman, 15th century - She wears a black ribbon in her hair and over her white blouse, full crimson cape, yellow robe with black hem - Blue gloves and petticoat - From a miniature painting in a manuscript in Barberini library, Rome - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images