Please, a small correction: German was the language of the Court; it was NOT "the language used in Denmark at that time." But most official documents were, indeed, in German.
________________________________________ From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Chris Laning [clan...@igc.org] Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 3:20 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] some questions about renaissance, >In some danish inventory lists, which all are written in german (it was the >language used then in Denmark) it is often mentioned with wide dresses and >narrow dresses. If by "renaissance" you mean 16th century, then my first thought would be that a "wide" dress is made to go over a farthingale and a "narrow" dress is not (and would be worn with only petticoats). Welcome back! ____________________________________________________________ 0 Chris Laning | <clan...@igc.org> + Davis, California http://paternoster-row.org - http://paternosters.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
