Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Processions

I am no longer certain which book this illustration came from, but I was interested to see some of the historical costumes and appointments of the ecclesiastical processions shown within it. (Aside from the ecclesiastical there are some other curious inclusions which might have been illuminated by the context from whence this engraving came.)


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