[SCA-AE] Fwd: [DW-L] late-medieval picture of a sideless surcoat - dated 1499AD

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Thought this may be of interest!
Elisabeth




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From: julian wilson <smnco37 at YAHOO.CO.UK>
To: DW-L at DRACHENWALD.SCA.ORG
Sent: Sun, Jul 18, 2010 4:30 am
Subject: [DW-L] late-medieval picture of a sideless surcoat - dated 1499AD




Gentles of Drachenwald, 
all ye who are passionate about replica garb and have wondered just how late in-period the sideless surcoat was worn, - 
 I commend to you attention a portable alterpiece made for the wedding of King Louis XII of France and the Sovereign Duchess of Brittany, Anne de Bretagne.
You can view this lovely object with it's exquisite miniature images in the V & A's current Exhibition of medieval Artefacts from their collections. A generous gentle has visited the Exhibition and posted pictures online for the general pleasure of the Populace, and you may find these at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmfadams/sets/72157624393104825/show/with/4800744446/
which is the URL displayed in my browser when the triptyche was on my screen.
You may have to run the slideshow to find the two pictures of the gold-framed portable triptyche altarpiece, - but it will be worth it. The Limner's work is worthy of the Limbourg Brothers, so highly detailed it is - on the RH panel, - the Dowager Queen of France and Sovereign  Duchess  Anne de Bretagne, depicted in all her wedding splendour, with St. Anne shewn standing behind her. The piece is putatively dated to 1499, the occasion of that Royal Marriage - which is the latest-dated picture [intended for living recipients who would have expected the details shewn therein to be correct] of a sideless surcoat I have ever noted.
 I would add that - whatever other particular conysaunce Gentles of the Populace may ascribe to me - I be no expert in the knowledge of period garb - so some of you may know of even later depictions of the sideless surcoat.
naytheless, I thought this would be of interest to the garb enthusiasts amongst you.

 In service to the Medieval Dream,
 Matthewe Baker, ODB