Tomb of Abbot Ingon, Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris (died 1025). The corpse was buried in ecclesiastical robes: a dark-violet taffety chasuble edged in gold, silk mitre, crozier, violet stockings with gold-embroidered polygonal shapes. 13th century sculpture. Tombeau d’Ingon. Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir à l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel & Wurtz, Bossange, 1827.

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