face is good, butthe body is remarkably ill proportioned. The one we now give is preservedon a single leaf of vellum in the British Museum, MS. Additional No.The resemblance which these different portraits bear to each other leaves noroom to doubt that the likeness is correct. The initial letter on… … 3fntrotiuctton. ERHAPS* no part of the history of civilization is moreinteresting than the varying changes in dress and fashion.The different tribes who settled in the provinces of the RomanEmpire, after its final dislocation, appear in general to haveadopted the civil costume of the conquered…
Middle Ages · Costume · Decoration and ornament, Medieval
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