At 04:17 PM 3/8/2006, you wrote:
Perhaps so, but it begins nearly a hundred years after the close of the
Elizabethan era.
Sailors of the Elizabethan period, based on period art wear loose
venetians or what willlater be called slops. Some are shown closed at
the bottom some are not. The upper body garments tend to be either close
fitting doublets, or a loose smock sort of jacket referred to in the
period as a cassock. The real obvious indicator of a sailor is the
cap. The most notable ones being thrummed caps. Thrummed caps look in
art like fur. They are made from strands of woll (thrum) being afixed
through the weave of kit caps, not unlike the modern watch cap.
Good art does exist out there. A number of Dutch maps shows mariner
figures as does the Mariner's Mirror. Actually the Dutch version and the
English version depict some different figures. I think it is just after
the period, but there are the woodcuts of the BArents expeditions as
well. Some art survivies depicting one of Frobisher's trips as
well. There is also the image depicted in Vecellios that was earlier
mentioned.
Ron Carnegie
Hello Ron
Thank you for your explanation. I was looking at the Vecellio's woodcut
that Suzi mentioned, and couldn't figure out what was going on until I read
your info. I know Alcega has a pattern for the cassock, although I don't
know if it is the same or similar, but I will look it up. And the thrummed
cap gave me a lot to google for (I now understand how to thrum a knitted mitt).
I've found a color image of the Mariner's Mirror, then realized I have a
B/W copy in one of my books, which is great since the color image is rather
small, so details are not really there. The Barents expedition is 1596, so
it is period. I just found a decent image online of one of the images. The
other one with the polar bear wasn't so clear. It looks like I will have to
hunt around some more, but you've given me some great leads.
Thank you,
Kimiko
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