History of British costume, from the earliest period to the close of the eighteenth century / by J.R. Planché.

  • Planché, J. R. (James Robinson), 1796-1880.
Date:
1847
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: History of British costume, from the earliest period to the close of the eighteenth century / by J.R. Planché. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE Portrait of Henry VII. facing Title. Ancient British weapons of bone and flint 5 British weapons of bronze, in their earliest and improved states 8 Bronze coating of an ancient British shield 10 Shield found in the river Isis . 11 Ornaments and patterns of the ancient Britons .... 17 British breast-plate found at Mold 18 Necklace of bone and Kimme- ridge coal 19 Bas-relief found at Autun . . 21 Druidical ornaments ... 22 Metal coating of an ancient Roman-British shield. . . 24 Anglo-Saxon weapons and ornaments 25 Civil costume of the Anglo- Saxons ..... . . 32 Jewel of Alfred, found at Atlielney 37 The military habits of the Anglo-Saxons 40 Anglo-Saxon mantle, caps, and weapons 46 Anglo-Saxon females ... 47 St. Dunstan 53 Abbot Elfnoth, and St. Augus- tin, Archbishop of Canter- bury 53 Canute and his queen Alfgyfe 55 Seal of Edward the Confessor . 66 Harold II 67 William I. and attendants. . 69 William I. and two Normans . 74 Helmets, hauberks, a sword, and a gonfanon .... 74 PAGE Sicilian bronzes and Norman shields ....... 78 Anglo-Norman ladies . . .81 A bishop of the close of the 11th century ..... 83 Royal habits of the commence- ment of the 12th century . 84 Habits of the commencement of the 12th century ... 83 William Rufus ; Richard, Con- stable of Chester; Milo Fitz- walter, Constable of Eng- land 90 Female costume of the reigns of Rufus and Henry I. . . 95 Arms of the family of De Hastings 97 Costume of the clergy . . .98 Effigies of Henry II. and his queen Eleanor ; Richard I. and his queen Berengaria; and of King John . . . 100 Seal of Henry II 105 Seals of Richard 1 103 Effigies of Geoffrey de Magna- ville, Earl of Essex, and of William Longespee, Earl of Salisbury ...... 109 Mitres from the tomb of King John 115 Effigy of Henry III. in West- minster Abbey . . . .116 Effigy, surrounded by helmets, &c. of the reign of Henry III 122 Effigy of Aveline, Countess of Lancaster, and two female heads of the 13th century , 125 Red hat of the cardinals . .128 Regal costume of the reign of Edward 1 130 Costume of the close of the 13th century 132