Egyptian wedding ceremony

Colored illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli of an Egyptian wedding ceremony from the book "History of Costumes of Peoples Throughout the Centuries" by Paolo Lorenzini, Nerbini Publishing House, Florence, 1934. On the eve of the wedding, the bride was taken to a bath, her nails were colored with henna, her entire body perfumed with rose water, and her hair treated with scented oils. On the wedding d…