Burgundian Noblemen's Underclothes c1445-1475

Figure 6.37
1465 Loyset Liédet’s Renaud
de Montauban , “the Marriage
of Renaut de Montauban and
Clarisse”
Figure 6.40
late 15th century Egerton MS
2019f5 Book of Hours
Is this a picture of hose with
spurs attached?
Figure 6.38
Paris, muse du petit palais
L Dut 456 fol18v, Bourgogne
Figure 6.41
Late 15th - Early 16th century. Book of Simple
Medicine F109r “Aloe and 2 Kinds of Celery”
Figure 6.42
1473 Paris, Maitre Francois, St Augustine's City of
God
(Left) Detail of a laborer’s foot.
(Right) Detail of nobles foot.
Figure 6.39
Reconstruction de
Troie
Français 59 , Fol.
238
Raoul Lefèvre,
Histoires de
Troyes, Belgique,
XVe siècle
Figure 6.43
Alexandre malade
Cote : Français 47
, Fol. 46v
Quinte-Curce,
Histoire
d'Alexandre le
Grand (traduction
de Vasque de
Lucène), Belgique,
Flandre, XVe siècle
* the assumption in all these pictures is that if the feet match the legs, then the feet are part of the hose;
this may not be accurate, especially with the black hose (as the most common color for shoes seems to be
black).
The foot shape seems to vary: figures 33-37 have extremely pointy toes. Figures 38 and
39 have mildly pointed toes and figures 41 & 43 have blunt, feet-shaped toes. Not enough
of these pictures have specific dates attached to be sure, but it is my belief that the shape
of the toes (on the noblemen) varies over time – that they start out in the 1450s being
very pointed and by the end of the century have become blunt. Regardless, working
men’s feet and shoes tend to be noticeably blunter then noblemen’s feet (figure 42).
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