Some good 15th century stuff here. http://www.historiclife.com/pdf/KASF2008/15thCenturyArcher.pdf
The hosen start on page 15. On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Heather Rose Jones < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 30, 2008, at 2:47 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> I'm not aware of any real research into hosen and linings from earlier >> than >> the 16th century. >> >> I'm not aware of any extant hosen (other than the buskins in Canturbury >> Cathedral, obviusly, but they're 12th century (offhand)). >> > > <snip> > > >> All this is assuming that you mean joined hose of course. >> > > In terms of joined hose, I've only cataloged one pair earlier than the 16th > century -- I don't have my full notes in front of me at the moment, but > they're in one of the German museum photo collections and are listed as 15th > c. While the two legs are joined at the waistband, they aren't joined > across the seat. The photo doesn't appear to show a lining, but I don't > know what the preservation conditions were -- a linen lining might be lost > under many conditions where the main fabric was preserved. > > On the larger question of extant hose -- if we include anything from > buskins on up -- I have a couple dozen items in my current catalog from the > general 8-15th century period. About half of them are ecclesiastical in > origin, but during that period they seem to be roughly similar in cut to the > secular garments. > > Heather > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- Maggie Secara ~A Compendium of Common Knowledge 1558-1603 ISBN 978-0-9818401-0-9 Available at http://elizabethan.org/compendium/paperback. CANADIAN readers may want to use http://www.amazon.ca/Compendium-Common-Knowledge-1558-1603/dp/0981840108 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
