Swearing an oath on the Bible, 15th century. The judge wears a crimson cap called a mortier, simar in gold brocade lined with ermine. The oath-taker wears a simar and hood, while the witness wears a short cape lined with marten fur, doublet, stockings, cracows (pointed shoes). From a miniature in manuscript 6829 in the Bibliotheque Imperiale, Paris. 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.