re: the petticoat: Red may well have been a favorite color but it should
be noted that the term "scarlet" is also a tricky one. At times it has
referred not to a color but to a type of cloth, generally a really fine
smooth wool. One of the essays in Harte, N.B. and K.G. Ponting, "Cloth
and clothing in medieval Europe : essays in memory of Professor E.M.
Carus-Wilson" (London: Heinemann Educational Books ; [Edington] : Pasold
Research Fund, 1983). discusses this but I don't have the book to hand
to specify which one.
- Hope
and references to the reproduction of the costume worn by
Princess Elizabeth in the 1546 portrait at Windsor" and the name of
the pdf was Sources_for_Elizabeth.pdf) that did talk a little about
the petticoat:
http://www.ninyamikhaila.com/Images/Sources_for_Elizabeth.pdf
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