Costume of an Italian accountant or treasurer, 15th century. He wears a black velvet hood, a red cape over a lilac robe trimmed with fur, and holds a feather pen. On the table are ledgers, money bags and coins. From a miniature painting by Piero della Francesca. 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.