I have in my search for documentation on this subject found 3, count'em, 3, but they're sketchy as evidence goes.
1. King Edward VI's coronation shirtwas crimson or scarlet (I forget which, but it was red). Presumably this is not a good dample for the rest of us, since a) he was a king and b) it was a coronation. The red was probably emblematic of sacrifice or war or something. This is listed in Herbert Norris's detail of the coronation garb, in whichever volume that is. 2. I have been told--though I can't remember by whom-- that Philip Sidney's post-mortem inventory listed a black shirt, but I haven't seen this myself. 3. In a book I have about the Throckmortons (but I'm at the office, not at home, of course), a gentleman's letter to his factor requests a certain amount of tawney fabric for a shirt. Whether we are to take "tawney" as a color or as a type of fabric, I don't know. That's all I got. References with page number available on request. MaggiRos --- "Sharon L. Krossa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 6:55 AM -0700 1/18/08, Saragrace Knauf wrote: > >Ah Ha! > >http://www.museothyssen.org/thyssen_ing/coleccion/obras_ficha_zoom605.html > > > >I suppose one could argue this isn't a shirt, but > I've never seen an > >under dress with this kind of cuff... > > The portrait shows the garment as being lined, > however -- or > magically blue on the outside and red on the inside. > Whatever it is, > I really don't think this is persuasive evidence for > colored > underwear (shirts). > Vikings? What Vikings? We are but poor, simple farmers. The village was burning when we got here. Anon. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
