An inquiry into the difference of style observable in ancient glass paintings : especially in England: with hints on glass painting . d-dress, and the hair is usuallyplaited down on each side of the face, and enclosed ina net, or caul. The ordinary costume of dignified laymen consists ofa long robe and loose cloak ; the hair and beard beingarranged in fine loose wavy locks. The heads of boys aregenerally covered with short thick curls. The usual seculardress is a close short jerkin, or tunic, reaching about halfway down the thighs, and tight hose and shoes ; uponwhich model the armour of this
An inquiry into the difference of style observable in ancient glass paintings : especially in England: with hints on glass painting . d-dress, and the hair is usuallyplaited down on each side of the face, and enclosed ina net, or caul. The ordinary costume of dignified laymen consists ofa long robe and loose cloak ; the hair and beard beingarranged in fine loose wavy locks. The heads of boys aregenerally covered with short thick curls. The usual seculardress is a close short jerkin, or tunic, reaching about halfway down the thighs, and tight hose and shoes ; uponwhich model the armour of this period was formed. Themilitary dress, in the earlier examples, consists of the M 82 THE DECORATED STYLE. hauberk and chausses of mail, or of gamboised armour;in the later, of a mixture of plate and mail; and in thelatest, of plate only. Armorial bearings are generally repre-sented on the surcoat and shield, and knights mounted andaccoutred for the tournament, wearing the heaume and itscrest, were occasionally depicted on glass during this period. 4. FOLIAGE. The general character of the foliage, properly belonging Cut 7. Cut Dorchester Church, Oxfordshire. Souttafleet Church, K^nt THE DECORATED STYLE. 83 to this style, is natural, and it is easy to recognise amongstit the leaves of the maple, oak, ivy, hawthorn, and of Cut 9.
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