Sleeve focus thread

[Koen G]

Notice once again that it's someone wielding an axe/sword/scythe or other major hand tool.

Yeah, this is often the case. I don't remember which manuscript it was, but there was one that gave me an idea about this. It looked like the guys originally had a wide sleeve flaring at the wrist, but when they needed to do some manual task they had the sleeve bound tight at the wrist with some band, as to not hinter too much.

So I wonder if the "elbow bag" was originally a practical adaptation of the "flaring sleeve". And then it became tailored specifically with a tight wrist, to be preferred to still look pompous while using one's hands.

And then after 30 years they realized it looked ridiculous and never wore their sleeves like that again.


Here's another one from the same MS, soldier behind Jesus:
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