Jane wrote: >A question has come up on another list about mourning colors in Europe during >the Renaissance. Black was >obviously worn for fashion, not necessarily mourning. Some sources say that >white was worn for mourning in > France. What say you?
I only know that there's a famous portrait of Mary Queen of Scots "en deuil blanc" (in white mourning) for her first husband. Kate Bunting Cataloguing & Data Quality Librarian University of Derby _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
