Other than the chainmail coif and mantle, my favorite garment in “Accolade” is the tunic the boy is wearing. Also the one Charleton Heston wore in “Warlord.” Would those be OK for 1140 in England? Also, if you are wearing a nice dress (something that would look good at court) …
“Here’s the response I received to my inquiry about the Becket Tunic – there has been something published – talk about esoteric, an English saint’s relic in Italy, examined by a German expert, and the report in a hard-to-find Italian Art Journal, written in Italian by said German expert, no …
Coronation Clothing of Roger II [Note: The file folder mentioned in the following message is no longer in Files section of Yahoo Group. The message has been retained in the archive for reference. The suite of clothes in question are fairly well-know at this point (17 years later).] “I uploaded …
(A compendium of information from discussions on the 12th Century Garb Yahoo Group list) Hoods Q: Did the men have a hoods that covered the shoulders like those common in the 13th and 14th centuries? Yes, they had hoods and capelets similar to later styles. Variants of hoods like this …
