Susan Carroll-Clark wrote:
Actually, I've seen a couple of illuminations (that go with the
"warming oneself by the fire" motif that is often seen for the month
of January or February (forget which) in medieval calendars that tend
to support the "no underpants" theory.
Why? Well, it was obvious there were no underpants by the parts of
women's anatomy on display :-)
There's one like that in the Tres Riches Heures, but the man by the fire
is also pantsless and there are some white items hanging up.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Les_Tr%C3%A8s_Riches_Heures_du_duc_de_Berry_f%C3%A9vrier.jpg
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Adele de Maisieres
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Habeo metrum - musicamque,
hominem meam. Expectat alium quid?
-Georgeus Gershwinus
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