This one seems a bit different from the Chartres. In the Chartres it seems to stops under the bust but in this one it looks as if it is a bodice that goes to the hips and the skirt is a part of the garment you see at the neck. A sort of "jacket" over the gathered garment and laced to creat the horizonatl lines at the waist.
De -----Original Message----- You can also see this line of trip just above the belt on some statues from St. Loup de Naud. This is a large scan (ca. 1 MB in size) so that you can see the details quite nicely. http://epee.goldsword.com/sfarmer/SCA/Paintings/stLoupDeNaud_LeftPortal-deta i2l.jpg or http://tinyurl.com/6qse5 The other thing that is telling to me is the "knife-pleats." Look at how they disappear behind the neckline trim ... look at how they "reappear" out from under the wide trim above the belt. IMO, this is the source of the garments that we see in later symbolic art where the woman has on a hip-length "vest" or "corsage" or whatever you want to call it. Susan ----- _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
