Costume of an English criminal judge, 15th century. He wears an ermine-lined cape secured at the shoulder with a brooch, ermine-lined hood and robe, green purse with gold clasp. He wears a dagger called an anelacium from his belt. From a sepulchral monument to Sir William Gascoigne, Chief Justice of England during the reign of King Henry IV, in Harewood Church. Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from "Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries," Levy Fils, Paris, 1861.
Costume of an English criminal judge, 15th century. He wears an ermine-lined cape secured at the shoulder with a brooch, ermine-lined hood and robe, green purse with gold clasp. He wears a dagger called an anelacium from his belt. From a sepulchral monument to Sir William Gascoigne, Chief Justice of England during the reign of King Henry IV, in Harewood Church. Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from "Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries," Levy Fils, Paris, 1861.