Poor nun of the 15th century

Religious habits of the 15th century. Nun representing Poverty in patched habit with wimple, veil, hat, staff and shoulderbag from Laurent de Premierfait's translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's Du Cas des Nobles Hommes et Femmes, Harley MS 621, f.71. Handcoloured engraving by Joseph Strutt from his Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, Henry Bohn, London, 1842

15th Century Illuminated Manuscript Joseph Strutt Patch Wimple

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