History Of British Costume From The Earliest Period To The Close Of The Eighteenth Century

Author : James Robinson Planche
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ISBN 13 : 9781332523689
Total Pages : 402 pages
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Download or read book British Costume written by James Robinson Planche and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-09 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from British Costume: A Complete History of the Dress of the Inhabitants of the British Islands No. Pag 1.Portrait of Henry VII. facing Title 2. Ancient British weapons of bone and flint. 1 3.British weapons of bronze, in their earliest and inioroved states. fc . 4.Bronze coating of an ancient British shield.5. Ornaments and patterns of the ancient Britons 6. Bas-relief found at Autun. 7.Druidical ornaments. 8.Metal coating of an ancient Roman-British shit-id 9. Anglo-Saxon weapons and ornaments 10. Civil costume of the Anglo-Saxons . 11.Jewel of Alfred, found at Athelney . 12.The military habits of the Anglo-Saxons . 13. Anglo-Saxon mantle, caps, and weapons. 14. Anglo-Saxon females 15. St. Dunstan 16. Abbot Elfnoth, and St. Augusine, Archbishop cf Canterbury. 17.Canute and his queen Algyfe . 18.Seal of Edward the Confessor. 19.Harold Ii 20. William I. and attendants. 21.William I. and two Normans. 22.Helmets, hauberks, a sword, and a gonfanon 23. Sicilian bronzes and Norman shields., 24. Anglo-Norman ladies. 25.A bishop of the close of the 11 th century. 26.Royal habits of the commencement of the 12 th century 27. Habits of the commencement of the 12 th century 28. William Rufus; Richard, Constable of Chester; Milo Fitzwalter, Constable of England; Statue of St. Michael 29. Female costume othe reigns jf Rufus and Henry I. 30.Arms of the family of De Hastings. 31. EfHgies of Henry II. and his queen Eleanor; Richard I. and his queen Berengaria; and of King John 32. Seal of Henry Ii 33. Seals of Richard I. 34.Effigies of Geoffrey de Magnaville, Earl of Essex, and of William Longespee, Earl of Salisbury., 3 5. 10 12 13 15 If) 22 26 28 33 34 39 ib. 41 hO 51 53 57 ib. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.