Cambridge TC Ms. R.16.2: Cambridge TC Apocalypse, f.23v: The Dragon with Seven Heads Cast Down from Heaven
- Published/Created:
- ca. 1250
- Date Depicted:
- 1975
500 AD - 1499 AD - Notes:
- Another excellent example of soldiers' garments.
- Abstract:
- For years military dress reflects the ordinary styles. At the end of the eleventh century some garments are specifically associated with knights and soldiers. The hauberk is the most basic garment. Made of linked mail, it is a knee-length, shirtlike form. Under it is a shaped and padded garment, a military form of the doublet called the haqueton (or gambeson). Sometimes on top of the hauberk is a knee-length surcote or cyclas with a decorative hip belt. A fitted hood and leg coverings of linked mail are also part of the basic dress. For extra protection sometimes iron plates are attached. An iron cap is over the fitted mail hood. On top of this, enclosing the head, is a square or round combat helmet; frequently it has a nose guard or visor.
- Topics:
- Manuscripts -- Britain -- 13th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Romanesque
- Culture:
- Anglo-Norman
- Accession Number:
- 4388-248
- Genre:
- costume (mode of fashion): clothing (AAT)
illuminations (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Clothing & Accessories
Paintings & Drawings - Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Source Creator:
- Button, Jeanne and Sbarge, Stephen
- Source Title:
- History of Costume, In Slides, Notes and Commentaries: Volume 1
- Source Created:
- New York, NY
Theatre Arts Slide Presentations
1975 - Call Number:
- GT513 +B87 1 (LC)
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Original Repository:
- Cambridge, England: Cambridge TC College, Cambridge University
- Extent of digitization:
- E.42
- OID:
- 10542944
- PID:
- digcoll:1862120