10-10-2019, 04:21 AM
Woman with plain neckline and long sleeve openings that are not cut-through style, man with sleeves narrow at the wrist and very wide at the elbows.
(It's not easy to find both of these clothing styles together in one picture. Often if the man is dressed like this, the woman has narrow sleeves (like the picture on the right) or cut-through sleeves (which might say something about social class):
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From Thomas de Saluces , Le Chevalier errant, BNF Français 12559 c. 1404
I think it's possible that the small subgroup of zodiac figures that included romantic couples for Gemini and goatee-man for Sagittarius might have been inspired by popular stories like this, which would have been orated (they are often in verse) or acted out by traveling troupes.
Also of interest, from the same manuscript, properties expressed in mappa mundi style (with a reference underneath to Alexander conquering the world which I assume is probably Alexander the Great?):
(It's not easy to find both of these clothing styles together in one picture. Often if the man is dressed like this, the woman has narrow sleeves (like the picture on the right) or cut-through sleeves (which might say something about social class):
From Thomas de Saluces , Le Chevalier errant, BNF Français 12559 c. 1404
I think it's possible that the small subgroup of zodiac figures that included romantic couples for Gemini and goatee-man for Sagittarius might have been inspired by popular stories like this, which would have been orated (they are often in verse) or acted out by traveling troupes.
Also of interest, from the same manuscript, properties expressed in mappa mundi style (with a reference underneath to Alexander conquering the world which I assume is probably Alexander the Great?):
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