This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ... " Rondels" of the Seasons, has shown us the Tuscan countryman at work in the different duties of his calling.1 A plain shirt of wool or linen, or of a mixture, tied at the waist, covered the body, leaving the head and legs bare. Stockings of wool were added in winter, and shoes of leather were put on for digging and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ... " Rondels" of the Seasons, has shown us the Tuscan countryman at work in the different duties of his calling.1 A plain shirt of wool or linen, or of a mixture, tied at the waist, covered the body, leaving the head and legs bare. Stockings of wool were added in winter, and shoes of leather were put on for digging and felling timber. When going to town, or to Mass, they wore long buttoned-up gowns, or tunics, without sleeves, the shirt sleeves coming through, and a belt of leather was added, or not, as it pleased the wearer. Peasant women, in the fields, were clad in dingy clothing made of rough woollen cloth, or coarse linen canvas; but, when going into market or to Mass, they 1 At V. and A. Museum, South Kensington. T superimposed a skirt of black or green, and covered their heads with white linen kerchiefs, or woollen shawls. Operatives of the city were attired in the garments best suited to their various industries. These were never rags, but were made specially for their purpose, and sometimes donned over the home dress. Men and women alike were proud to be seen in the garb of the Guild to which they belonged. Wool, linen, canvas, and leather, were the materials used. The superior workmen were careful also to sport the crest or arms of their Guild upon their tunics: the wearing of such decorations however upon the head covering was forbidden, as offering a party or a trade badge, and inciting to disorder. Merchants, Judges, Notaries, Doctors, and Apothecaries, all wore garments of distinctive and appropriate shape, colour, and richness, and such costumes were compulsory, both in their public occupations and in their private life. Magistrates, in the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries, were known by their long grey or yellow surtou...
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London 1906 first edition. Methuen. Hardcvoer thick sm4to. red cloth with gilt lettering on spine and board. Illustrated with miniaturews from illuminted manuscrips and Florentine woodcuts with bibliographical and chronological tables. 621p. Scholarly and highly detailed coverage of subject full of interesting information. HInges not cracked in or out. Binding secure; text clean; no owner marks. no dj. Banking, silk, wool, butchers, stonemasons, craftsmen, doctors, apothecaries, and much more.
