The Limerick Mitre. Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages by Henry Shaw
The Mitre of the bishop of Limerick, Ireland.
Pyrrhus Receiving the Honor of Knighthood
Pyrrhus Receiving the Honor of Knighthood BEASONS of considerable force are adduced by M. Jubinal, in his splendid work on Early Tapestries, for believing that the Tapestry from which the… Read More
Pallas Athena wearing aegis with Gorgon
Pallas Athena wearing aegis with Gorgon’s head as a breastplate.
Pallas Athena with peplos or himation.
Statue of Pallas Athena with peplos or himation partly girt round the waist.
Greek Statue of Pallas Athena wearing the peplos and diploidion.
Pallas Athene. The peplos and diploidion, and the Gorgoned aegis extended as a covering to the arm that holds the shield.
Pallas Athene (Minerva) wearing the aegis with the Gorgon’s head.
Pallas Athene (Minerva) wearing the aegis with the Gorgon’s head on her breast; she wears the himation as a diplax.
Statue of Athene with the skin of the goat Amalthea.
Statue of Athene; wears as under-garment the chiton, next the peplos, with the wars of the giants and the skin of the goat Amalthea.
Ancient Greek Female dancer with himation only.
Female dancer with himation only, called, when thus worn, Achiton, i.e. without chiton.
Women with clasp-fastened chiton.
Greece classical period. Greek female dress of antiquity.
Greek woman of antiquity with detached diploidion.
Ancient Greek woman. Side view of figure with detached diploidion. The female dress of the classical period.