Tuesday, August 1, 2023

Original: Hay-making, early 16th century

Bucking the norm two months in a row, but for want of surviving garments from the early modern period, it's visual depictions again this month. It's almost Faire, after all!

 

Haymaking, early 16th century manuscript illustration, The British Library.

This one's definitely worth clicking through: the viewer has a great zoom function, showing details of the gentlewomen's accessories, the laborer's clothing, and even a peasant woman with a white kercher and apron over a sheep-colored kirtle or gown.

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