Oh you are quite right, sorry about that mistake, Thanks for the informations..
Bjarne ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 5:17 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] renaissance dress >I think that you have a good idea about the skirt but you may be a bit off >base on the necklace. If you look closely at the vertical elements you can >see they form the initials I and H. In period it was common/fashionable to >wear the symbol of 'IHS' which are the Latin initials of Jesus. It was >particularly used in the Protestant countries (I'm most familiar with >England) because wearing a crucifix was out of favor as being too Papist. >Personally, I think this is the most likely explanation although the >wearing of initials/symbols of significant people is not out of the >question. > > Karen > Seamstrix > > -- "Leif og Bjarne Drews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have uploaded some more pictures. I made a drawing after the portrait > and removed the hands from the front, and this is my theory of her skirt. > http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/br.htm > I wondered about her juwelry necklace with the big S on it. Her name is > Constance, but i found out she was a lady in waiting at the court of the > king Christian IV's mother Sofie who came from Mecklenburg. It must be a > gift from the queen. > > Bjarne > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > _____________________________________________________________ > Boost your productivity with new office software. Click now! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2121/fc/Ioyw6i3mEauJF0hy8b9dqtW7dfMZioyP8RtXNYN7FSyPJEN3RPUghi/?count=1234567890 > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
