Roman Antiquities Artefacts Representation of various Roman military items. Signum, The Aquila, Field characters, fighting gloves as parts of a legionary armor, Buckles. “Encyclopédie” published by Denis Diderot and Jean-Baptiste… Read More
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Woman from Saint-Sorlin-d’Arves, Region Savoy
Traditional French Costume. Woman from Saint-Sorlin-d’Arves, Region Savoy Costumes Nationaux by Lepage Medvey, Editions Hyperion, 1939. Gallery: Traditional French national costumes
Mummies of Ancient Egypt in a sarcophagus
Mummies of Ancient Egypt in a sarcophagus. The process of mummification. La galerie agréable du monde by Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733), issued in 1729. Read more: Ancient Egyptian costume history.
The Alba. Liturgical costume. 13th century. Bavarian National Museum.
Alba, Liturgical, costume, middle ages,
Dalmatica 13th century. Liturgical garment. Halberstadt Cathedral Museum.
Dalmatic, a long robe with wide but short sleeves that was worn especially in the Middle Ages in Dalmatia instead of the Roman Tunica.
Albe 13th century. Baptismal garment. German Liturgical costume.
Traditionally worn by Catholic priests as liturgical undergarment under the chasuble.
Ecclesiastical Dress. Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune
[su_note note_color=”#e3fdbf”] Ecclesiastical Dress. Canon Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune, Switzerland, 5th Century. [/su_note] Saint Maurice was the Celtic Acauno place on the Upper Rhone Valley, which was expanded by… Read More
Camels Resting in the Sherkiyeh. Land of Goshen,
The Oriental Album. Camels Resting in the Sherkiyeh. Land of Goshen, Lower Egypt.
Woman from Provence in traditional costume
Traditional French Costume. Woman from Provence Costumes Nationaux by Lepage Medvey, Editions Hyperion, 1939. Gallery: Traditional French national costumes
Peasant Dwellings in Upper Egypt. The Oriental Album.
Peasant Dwellings in Upper Egypt. Source: The Oriental Album. Characters, Costumes, And Modes Of Life, In The Valley Of The Nile. Published 1848. Drawings by Prisse d’Avennes 1807-1879. Lithographs by… Read More