Costume of King Richard II of England

Costume of King Richard II, in short full tunic edged with fur, belted at the hips with a girdle, pointed shoes, roundlet headdress with long tail and crown of fabric cut in the form of leaves. From John Lydgate's Chronicle of the Kings of England, Cotton manuscript Julius EIV. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Thomas Anthony Day and J.H. Dines Illustrations of Mediaeval Costume in England collected from manuscripts in the British Museum, Bibliotheque Nationale de Paris, Bosworth, London, 1853

Bibliotheque Chronicle Collected Dines Girdle Lydgate Manuscripts Nationale Pointed

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