British costume during XIX centuries (civil and ecclesiastical) (1910)
Ashdown, Charles H., Mrs · London and Edinburgh : T. C. & e. c. Jack · leaf 107
gems is fastened roundthe waist by a buckle accommodating thelong pendent tab. From this girdle issuspended a small aulmoniere, or purseto contain alms, a fashion we shall findof great persistence until the Reforma-tion. The brooch fastening the robe atthe neck is of elaborate workmanship.A feature… … FiG. 75.—Aveline, Countess of Lancaster, 1269. HENRY III., 1216-1272 59 dress of the nobility, that of Aveline, first Countess ofLancaster (1269), in Westminster Abbey, is an excellenttype (Fig. 75). It should be remembered that at this periodthe knights wore chain mail defences throughout, but…
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