Scelopetarius eques in Hannon vel Artesia; Scotus Regis Galliae stipator; Nobiles Galli simplici pallio et duplic; Consiliarius dolae; Rector Dolanae Academia; Praeses Ciriae parlameti; Aduocatus Parisiensis; Rector vniuersitatis Parisiensis; Bedelli

Abraham de Bruyn Flemish
Publisher Joos de Bosscher Netherlandish

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Engraving, part of 'Omnium pene Europae, Asiae, Aphricae atque Americae Gentium Habitus' (Costumes of the various nations of Europe, Asia, Africa and America), a series of prints representing figures from various parts of the world, engraved by Abraham de Bruyn and published by Joos de Bosscher in 1580.

This engraving represents 12 different types of French men, presented in two horizontal rows of six. On the first row are a rider, wearing a wide coat over a dotted doublet and matching hose, a ruff and wide-brimmed hat with feathers, next to a Gaul ruler, wearing a dotted doulet with ruff, tight hose, and short-brimmed hat with feathers. On the right are four Gaul noblemen, wearing different shapes of capes with braid trimmings and brocaded lining, over brocaded doublets with different patterns, and different sorts of hose. They all wear bonnets with feathers.

On the second row, on the left, are two men wearing long, loose robes with wide sleeves and plain hats: a member of the council and an academician, who additionally wears a rudd and a fur collar. To the right of them is a chief of the parliament of Curia, wearing a long robe with long, wide sleeves with a fur collar and fur trimmings, and a fur-trimmed hat. To the right are a Parisian lawyer, dressed with a lond robe with long, wide sleeves and a beret, and a Parisian academician wearinf a gown of the same type as that of the second man in this row. On the right are two bedels, wearing long robes with long, wide sleeves over doublets with ruffs and tight hose, berets, and carrying rods on their shoulders.

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