>snip< Shrove > Sunday, after a goodly "banket" in the Parliament > Chamber at Westminster, a masque was presented in > which, amongst many other fancifully attired > personages (the King being one), there entered six > ladies, two of whom were in garments of "crymosyne and > purpull, made like long slops, embroidered and fretted > with golde after the antique fascion ; and over the > slop was a shorte garment of cloth of golde, scant to > the knee, fascioned like a tabard," &c. But though > they were not breeches,..." > > There's a lot more, but that gets the drift with > regards to mourning clothing. > > Kimiko
Now it really makes me want to scream "Pictures! We want Pictures!" since I can't visualize what they are supposed to look like. Regina > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
