05-05-2017, 08:50 AM
I wonder if anyone would care to find matches for the costume the figure is wearing? As you see it has a tight collar and an opening that runs from the top of the shoulder diagonally along what - in a normal medieval European garment - would be the seam between the bodice and the sleeve.
If this costume indicates some particular profession, or class, or region, it might help narrow the field of speculation.
After all, that people hold things up isn't really unusual and the figure said to be 'spinning' isn't actually spinning - no spindle and no spinning wheel. I guess you have to have seen how people do spin to be sure. I suppose at a stretch you could argue that she's chaining off the warp from a warping-board of which only one peg is visible, but it would be an extremely tenuous argument, more like trying to find support for some notion than explaining what is there on the page.
So - any comparative images for the unusual costume?
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If this costume indicates some particular profession, or class, or region, it might help narrow the field of speculation.
After all, that people hold things up isn't really unusual and the figure said to be 'spinning' isn't actually spinning - no spindle and no spinning wheel. I guess you have to have seen how people do spin to be sure. I suppose at a stretch you could argue that she's chaining off the warp from a warping-board of which only one peg is visible, but it would be an extremely tenuous argument, more like trying to find support for some notion than explaining what is there on the page.
So - any comparative images for the unusual costume?
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