Wow, my "learned" thing of the day! Went to my stash of portraits-with-blackwork out of curiosity, and not one single middle-finger ring - even on the folks wearing a ring on every other finger. Amazing the things you never notice! :-)
Liadain THL Liadain ni Mhordha OFO "You get a wonderful view from the point of no return..." wildernesse, the Outlands http://practical-blackwork.blogspot.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/liadains_fancies http://practical-blackwork.tripod.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kimiko Small Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 9:04 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: [h-cost] No rings on middle finger (was Black beads PrincessElizabeth image) --- On Wed, 6/17/09, Maggie <[email protected]> wrote: > Just as a sidebar... notice that there are NO rings on the > middle fingers. > Look at portrait after 16th century portrait and this is > what you find 90% > of the time. and not just in England. People are almost > never shown with a > ring on a middle finger. I had noticed that a few years ago when I started keeping images, and I've only once come across a portrait that showed someone wearing a ring on that finger... and sadly forgot to save the image off so I don't have it. If anyone knows of any contemporary portrait that shows someone wearing a ring on their middle finger, do let me know. And thanks for the book note, as I've not read it before. Kimiko _______________________________________________ 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
