Category: 12th Century

Middle ages costumes in 12th Century

ICONS. THE VLADIMIR MADONNA.

4/19/18

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NOTES ON THREE ICONS. BY LEONARD WHARTON.

Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Gloucester

5/22/17

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Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, Medieval knight, Middle Ages, Armor, Henry Shaw

Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, 5th Earl of Gloucester, 1st Lord of Glamorgan, 7th Lord of Clare (1180 – 25 October 1230).

English kings Henry I and King John. 12th century costumes.

4/25/17

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english kings, John, henry, 12th century, costumes, fashion, middle ages, medieval,

English kings Henry I and King John. IN one of the Cottonian manuscripts (Julius, E. IV.), a brief metrical chronicle of the kings of England, which has been attributed to… Read More

Ladies fashion of the 12th century.

2/13/17

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Ladies fashion, 12th century, fashion, costumes, England, middle ages,

LADIES FASHION OF THE TWELFTH CENTURY. THE figures on the present plate are taken from different illuminations in the Cottonian Manuscript Nero C. IV. executed, probably, before the middle of… Read More

Coronation spoon of English monarchs. 12th century.

2/13/17

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English monarchs, Coronation, spoon, 12th century, Antiquity, England, King, Queen, History, Middle ages

Coronation spoon of English monarchs.

Ecclesiastics of the 12th century. Bishop, monks costumes.

2/9/17

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Ecclesiastics, clergy, Bishop, monks, norman,middle ages, dress,pastoral, staff, Henry Shaw,

ECCLESIASTICS OF THE TWELFTH CENTURY. NO class of figures occurs so frequently in the illuminations of our earlier manuscripts, as those of ecclesiastics of different grades; and as the older… Read More

Spanish warriors, jongleurs, minstrels in the 11th century.

2/5/17

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Spanish warriors,armour, 11th century,middle ages,medieval,illustration,Henry Shaw,Anglo-Norman soldiers

Spanish warriors from a MS. of the end of the eleventh century EVERY step which we trace back in the history of the nations of Europe brings us nearer to… Read More

William Longespée, 1st Earl of Salisbury.

1/18/17

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Effigy, William Longespée, 1st Earl of Salisbury, Knight, 13th century, costume, dress, armour, middle ages, crusader

William Longespée, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1167-1226, also William I Longespée or Lungespée). MUCH of romantic interest is attached to the name of Longuespee. The first of the name, who… Read More

Knights in combat. The warlike machines. England 13th century.

1/13/17

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Knights fighting, England 13th century, Middle ages, combat,Henry Shaw, armour

The warlike machines. Our wood-cuts represent some of the instruments used, during the middle ages, in carrying on sieges.

King and Knight. Dresses of ceremony.

1/9/17

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Costumes, Middle ages, Knight, England King, 12th century,

King and Knight. England 12th century. DRESSES of ceremony for solemn occasions, particularly with persons in exalted stations, suffer fewer changes in the course of time, than those in common use.… Read More