Uh-oh. Whenever I let slip that I think anything might be evidence of the existence of unconventional persons in any time period before the 19th century, I know that shortly I will get shot down for it. You guys better duck! ;-) Lauren [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.timetraveltextiles.com
-------------- Original message -------------- From: Maggie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I was just thinking that very thing. Sort of romanticizing this apparently > "Bohemian" (in the hippy sense) woman. > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Beth and Bob Matney wrote: > > > It is interesting that all of the women's portraits of both manuscripts > > (the few that were there) show this. Much more variation in headgear in the > > men's portraits. Informal settings? Maybe to show an "unconventional" > > lifestyle? Hippies of the 13th C? > > > > Beth > > > > Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:31:38 +0000 > >> From: Anne > >> > >> 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 > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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.html or your > favorite online bookseller > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
