------------------------------ Karen wrote: >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. That's interesting. My living history persona is the widow of a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal in the 1640s. I've wondered about wearing a cross, but decided against it as I felt that it would have been considered "too Papist" at the time.
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