British costume during XIX centuries (civil and ecclesiastical) (1910)
Ashdown, Charles H., Mrs · London and Edinburgh : T. C. & e. c. Jack · leaf 237
th small goldencygnets upon a white ground. A brass dating from 1410 lies in Spilsby Church,Lincolnshire (Fig. 181), and depicts a knight and lady ofthe eccentric dEresby family. We say eccentric advisedly,for not only does the knight present peculiar features inhis armour, but the lady, as will be… … HENRY IV., HENRY V. 147 the palms of the hands areshown to the front, insteadof being placed as in prayer,together with the pendentlawn cuffs, form very strik-ing peculiarities. From theforegoing examples, it willbe seen that not only wasthe houppelande a favouritewith the men during thereigns of…
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