Caption:
Mace-bearer or massier of the University of Paris, 1580s. In black cap, short cape over gown and hose, carrying a large mace. Massier de l'Universite de Paris. Regne de Henry III. Handcoloured lithograph by Lorenzo Bianchi and Domenico Cuciniello after Hippolyte Lecomte from Costumi civili e militari della monarchia francese dal 1200 al 1820, Naples, 1825. Italian edition of Lecomtes Civilian and military costumes of the French monarchy from 1200 to 1820.