Back to Salome again, but only briefly, as I am loaded with work and will not
be able to pursue this thread further (I spent way too much time online this
week).
Suzanne wrote (among many other things in a very thoughtful and helpful post):
I suggest that we break up the question into 2
There've been a number of intriguing comments on this thread. To go
back to the beginning, Emma asked about this picture, which she found
in a discussion concerning the development of the farthingale:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
Image:Pedro_Garcia_de_Benabarre_St_John_Retable.jpg
