Here's a wild guess. The answer might be cued from the piece of paper in his hand. Since the rest of the people in the scene seem to be laborers, the man in the robe could be what we might now call a foreman of some sort. The part of the garment that has the effect of a yoke appears to me to be separate add-on. There seem to be no gather as we see in later images of the robes that became academic or judicial garb of honor.
Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 10:26 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] interpretation of an image > Kimiko Small wrote: > > >> http://www.kismeta.com/diGrasse/Matejko/1470guild.jpg > >> > > > > It looks to me to be a scholars gown, with black velvet perhaps for the > > upper body area, and maybe guards down the front. However, since the > > shadows are also in the same/similar darker pencil lines, I am not > > positive if that isn't just to represent shadows as well. > > > > > It's that upper part I'm concerned about. I don't see yokes in men's > clothing this early, and it's been suggested to me that this gown has a > yoke. Even as a re-drawing, I'm hesitant to say that's why the top part > is darker. I'm thinking it's just been colored badly. > > Unless someone knows of a real example of a yoked gown from the 1400's.... > > > Dawn > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
