October 2011
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On Fashion and Vocabulary...
Clothing and Fabrics
from Life in Elizabethan England: a compendium of common knowledge
The jeweled roll at the front of your French hood is called a billiment.
A necklace is commonly called a carcanet (KAR-ka-net) before about 1575, when the word necklace comes into use.
Gardes or welts are ornamental bands, often edging a gown or forepart, but also used as strips of trim.
Lace is a general...
A Woman's Guide to approaching Nobility...
From Fabritio Caroso’s “Nobilita di Dame” (1600) in his Dialog Between a Disciple and His Master, on the Conduct Required of Gentlemen and Ladies at a Ball and Elsewhere.
Now as soon as a lady espies a princess or noblewoman (whichever the case), she should step out and go toward her; and before approaching her, she should make a half Reverence (that is, a little bow), and when...
How a Gentleman should approach the Monarchy at...
From Fabritio Caroso’s “Nobilita di Dame” (1600) in his Dialog Between a Disciple and His Master, on the Conduct Required of Gentlemen and Ladies at a Ball and Elsewhere.
For Gentlemen
Here is his description for a gentleman’s comportment with a king:
You need to know, then, that should a prince or gentleman be required to approach a great king to kiss his hand, the...
