> -- a large horizontal tuck taken at about knee level in a very long flared > skirt. The presumed point of such a tuck would be to store excess length, > so that the dress could be let down in future (e.g. for more formal wear, > or if the hem wears out). .
If you look at German illuminations from this time there is a much more obvious tuck in them. They are quite short and fold with the fabric of the skirt. I will try and hunt some down but BNF has removed the index files to the best MS that shows this clearly. The image files are apparently still on their site though. http://web.archive.org/web/20050506210916/http://gallica.bnf.fr/Catalogue/noticesInd/MAN01940.htm for the list of thumbnails (cut and paste the link, but also: http://tinyurl.com/ybrf3b http://preview.tinyurl.com/ybrf3b (tells you were the link goes to) http://gallica.bnf.fr/scripts/mediator.exe?F=C&L=07815458&I=000001 Image 39. R?lte des courges Cote : Latin 9333 , Fol. 19v Ibn Butl? Taqwim es Siha (traduction anonyme), Allemagne, Rh?nie, XVe si?e http://gallica.bnf.fr/scripts/mediator.exe?F=C&L=07815462&I=000001 Image 43. R?lte des c?es Cote : Latin 9333 , Fol. 21v http://gallica.bnf.fr/image?L=07815481&I=000001 Image 62. R?lte de la menthe Cote : Latin 9333 , Fol. 31 Going by this manuscript the dresses with the tucks are all even length, I don't think any of them are trained dresses. And not all round skirts have them. This one though has quite a nice obvious turned up hem http://gallica.bnf.fr/scripts/mediator.exe?F=C&L=07815472&I=000001 Image 53. R?lte du pyr?re Cote : Latin 9333 , Fol. 26v This one looks like it gould be two layers actually because the folds are not quite perfectly alligned... well the bottom of the pink seems to stick out a little over the white. http://gallica.bnf.fr/scripts/mediator.exe?F=C&L=07815488&I=000001 Image 69. R?lte de la sauge Cote : Latin 9333 , Fol. 34v This is one of my favourite MSs and is full of really lovely garments. I only linked to a handful of interesting images but there are more. Michaela de Bruce http://glittersweet.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
