Caption:
Royal and ecclesiastical costumes, 10th century. Deacon with Bible 1, nobleman 2, king with crown and sceptre 3, and bishop 4. Taken from a manuscript dated 989, Bibliotheque Imperiale de Paris. Diacre, personnage noble, roi, eveque. Xe Siecle. Chromolithograph by Ferdinand Sere after Willemin from Charles Louandres Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.