Costume in England: GlossaryG. Bell and sons, 1896 |
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... hand , the other two at the bottom of the skirts , one before and one behind . The others , one on the breast and one on the back suspended by flat bands over each shoulder . ( Rock , " Church of our Fathers . " ) The cut is from a ...
... hand , the other two at the bottom of the skirts , one before and one behind . The others , one on the breast and one on the back suspended by flat bands over each shoulder . ( Rock , " Church of our Fathers . " ) The cut is from a ...
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... hand - cannon , or gonne , of the middle ages . Philip de Comines notices it as a new invention toward the end of the fifteenth century . Francis Carpenzi , in his comment , observes : " He led the first line himself , with six hundred ...
... hand - cannon , or gonne , of the middle ages . Philip de Comines notices it as a new invention toward the end of the fifteenth century . Francis Carpenzi , in his comment , observes : " He led the first line himself , with six hundred ...
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... hand a more secure hold . ARMOUR . In inventories mention is often made of white , milled , russet , sanguine , black , armour . White and milled mean bright and burnished , or glazed . The other colours were employed in the sixteenth ...
... hand a more secure hold . ARMOUR . In inventories mention is often made of white , milled , russet , sanguine , black , armour . White and milled mean bright and burnished , or glazed . The other colours were employed in the sixteenth ...
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... hand ready for use . They were sometimes tucked in the girdle , see cut in fig . 123 ; or stuck in the ground near the bow- man when he had taken up a position of attack , as in fig . 173. They do not appear to have varied in shape ...
... hand ready for use . They were sometimes tucked in the girdle , see cut in fig . 123 ; or stuck in the ground near the bow- man when he had taken up a position of attack , as in fig . 173. They do not appear to have varied in shape ...
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... hands when they ryn with my Lorde , " are noted as berrying arrows in the preparation for the Earl of Northumberland's expedition to Terrouenne , 5 Henry VIII . 999 Peacham , writing in 1638 , speaks of " those arrowes of a yard or an ...
... hands when they ryn with my Lorde , " are noted as berrying arrows in the preparation for the Earl of Northumberland's expedition to Terrouenne , 5 Henry VIII . 999 Peacham , writing in 1638 , speaks of " those arrowes of a yard or an ...
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ancient appears armour band baselard beard boots brass buttons called Canterbury Tales Charles Charles II Chaucer's Church cloak cloth coat colour copied covered Cupid's Revenge curious curls Cynthia's Revels decorated doublet dress Earl early Eastward Hoe Edited Edward Edward III effigy England English engraved fashion fastened fifteenth century fourteenth century French gambeson garment girdle gloves gold gorget gown hair hanging head head-dress helmet Henry VIII History Honest Whore hood Illustrations inventory jewels John kind King knight Knight's Tale lace leather linen Lord mentioned Meyrick middle ages neck noticed occurs original ornamented pair Patient Grissell plate portrait Queen reign of Elizabeth reign of Henry ribbon Richard Richard II romance round ruff Satires Saxon says seen shoes shoulders silk silver sixteenth sleeves sometimes specimen Strutt sword temp term tion Trans Translated velvet wear wore worn by ladies
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