You would wonder, except she's got enough jewels on
her to buy a longer gown; so she must not be that
poor. But then, it is a Saint. It may represent
something I don't understand about her story or why
she and 11,000 virgins were all killed by the Huns
(maybe they dressed "provocatively" with these
demi-skirted gowns.)
{I am trying to be funny, and it is failing badly -
sorry}
Kimiko
--- Jean Waddie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip>
> apron is lying flat). I'm intrigued, if this is
> allegorical or an
> artistic convention,
> why did artists want to show shorter skirts like
> that? Is it just that
> she's so poor, she's grown out of her gown ;-) ?
>
> Jean
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