Village nuptials; 14th century. The bride is accompanied home by her father and her groom; to the sound of rebecs (oboes). She wears a crown and girdle; a rich cape over a bodice and dress; identifying her as a duchess. From the Gaignieres collection. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days; Massard; Mifliez; Paris; 1834.