Unmarried maidens in the Maciejowski Bible wear fillets and their hair
down--I can't at the moment bring any other examples to mind without
the library being to hand, though. I *would*, however, like to see more
manuscripts from the same time and similar places to compare before I feel
comfortable declaring this an actual historical representation of a
garment. Otherwise, the only assumption we can make is that this garment
is what the illuminator(s) of this particular manuscript thought that
Castelloza would have worn. And we won't even go into the Spanish
weirdness, which is an entire 'nother topic all on its own. :-)
Jen
On Thu, 13 Nov 2008, Anne wrote:
Probably not - a troubadour is a composer, and the vida, or biography, of
Castelloza says she was married. But it was a fairly unconventional thing
for a woman to do, and who knows what later Venetians might have thought she
would have worn?
Jean
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Do the fillets on the heads mean these troubadours were young girls? Lauren
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-------------- Original message -------------- From: Beth and Bob Matney
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Hey guys, I thought that you may find these two portraits interesting:
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z123/Castlegrounds/Portraits/pg92detail.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z123/Castlegrounds/Portraits/pg93detail.jpg
Note the cut of the "sideless surcote" and the minimal headcovering (a
ribbon?).
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