Costume of a German nobleman; 15th century. He wears a hat; sleeveless fur-trimmed tabard over a red doublet; stockings and laced boots. A dagger handle sticks out of his purse on his belt. From a fresco depicting the coronation of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund. 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.