---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:54:18 -0600 (CST) From: "Pixel, Goddess and Queen" <[email protected]> To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> Subject: [h-cost] 14th c. German interpretation assistance Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
So I have this friend who said "if you make it for me I will wear it" and I want to make this outer garment: http://diglit.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0141?sid=8d563ad12e918dcb1c d18fb352e23e86 I am having a disagreement with my other half about how to interpret it, though. It's the only one in the manuscript, I just doublechecked, so nothing to compare it with. Anyway and anyhow, what *I* read is that it has sleeves attached at the shoulder but then the body is slit up all the way to the armpit on the sides, or at least the left side. Then the sleeve seam is on the bottom, and this seam is also slit to allow the arm to come out. And it has buttons up the front. Thoughts, anyone? Jen **************************************** This kind of surcoat is called a garde-corps. It was very common wear in the 13th century for professional men, and was also sometimes worn by clerics and later by women. You can still occasionally see it worn right through to the fifteenth century. The sleeves are wide and gathered into the sleeve head, and there is usually a slit down the front (or the sleeve seam is rotated and left open) so the arms can come out (the sleeves themselves are usually longer than the actual arm). A buttoned slit at the neck is also common, although the surcoat is not usually split all the way down and the slit up the front - presumably to make it easier for this guy to ride - is actually relatively unusual. I made one of these a while ago for wearing over thirteenth and fourteenth century clothes and it's really comfortable and warm - and really good if you want to be doing stuff with your hands. There's a pattern in "Mediaeval Costume in England and France: The 13th, 14th and 15th centuries" by Mary Houston, but it's not hard to figure out without one. Claire _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
