The decorative arts ecclesiastical and civil of the Middle Ages (1851)
Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873 · London, William Pickering · leaf 193
jewelled girdle, fup-porting, by a filken cord, a large circular ornament with a crofs in its cen-tre), difplays the Petticoat from which our plate is taken. The materialsare yellow braidings on a rich brown ground, apparently of Silk. Allthe circles reprefent pearls. Our Letter is taken from a… … GIPCIERES, OR PURSES. URING the middle ages, Purfes (or as theywere ufually termed Gipcieres) of various kinds,and made of various materials, according to therank or occupation of the wearers, were in gen-eral ufe. The ordinary kinds were of leather,and the more coftly of filk, embroidery, andother…
Decoration and ornament · Decoration and ornament, Medieval · Church decoration and ornament
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