Greetings! I recently joined the list and only get to check my lists infrequently. Extra tidbit: As a group of us are sitting in the livingroom <grin> looking at The Accolade and reading your comments, one commented that of all the pre-raphaelite paintings he has seen, The Meeting on the …
I got my picture of the lady of Shalott down off my wall and examined it. The sleeves do look set in. I can barely make out the seam attaching the sleeve to the dress– it’s on top of the shoulder, not dropped. The sleeves fit very close to the …
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) …
(A compendium of discussions on the 12th Century Garb Yahoo Group list. Much of the early research into 12th costuming came from 19th art historians. Unfortunately, their re-drawings tend to me romanticized.) Victorian medieval illustrations (Strutt) “I realize he is not the ultimate authority, but can be useful as a “jumping …
