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Just found this lucky chap in a book and didnīt want to withhold him from you
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I hope he has good health insurance!
Is there more info in the book about what he is? Is he the sample and options catalog for a smith? Is he a courtier dressing for his and his colleagues' amusement? |
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Anyhow he shouldnīt stumble
![]() There is just the discription "Habit de Fourbisseur", copper engraving by Nicola de Larmessin, Paris around 1695 Last edited by AHorsa; 14th May 2020 at 06:07 PM. |
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Thank you!
Google translate can't handle fourbisseur. But I found a definition in a French dictionary: Person whose task is to furnish, mount or repair bladed weapons to make them brighter. Also, if you do a Google Image search for "Habit de Fourbisseur" there are a lot of entertaining images from other pages of the same book. I think they might be costumes for pageant entertainers or the invention of the artist to entertain the nobility with the day-to-day of their subjects? |
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Nice Halloween costume!
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It's hell for him at airports, though...
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He probably is saying to himself
"I just don't get the point" sorry i couldn't resist this joke Ken |
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Location: Room 101, Glos. UK
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He just lives in a really bad neighbourhood.
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I alway's wondered were the expression " armed to the teeth" came from
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Reminds me of Rick's palace guard
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What amazes me is the lack of foot protection, only sandals.
One good cut to the feet and he's down. |
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How it became a 'modern' plausible situation ... painted and real.
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