C16th Collection

Theatregoing / Globe / C16Th
The Wooden O : Shakespeares summer theatre. Outside the first of the Globe theatres; the audience arriving at the playhouse

Borgia Family / C16Th
Francesco Borgia, with Lucrezia, his mother

Map / London / City Late 16C
Plan of the City of London in the Time of Queen Elizabeth

Rhinoplasty / C16Th
Rhinoplasty: nose correction

Oxford Castel C16th ?
Plan of the motte and bailey castle of William the Conqueror showing the ditch, surrounding houses & their gardens, the Session House & St Georges Tower & the keep

Ancient Footwear / Diderot
A selection of ancient and not so ancient footwear including various styles of sandal (possibly Greek & Roman), also over-shoes & what looks like a shoe of the C16th (fig.25)

Costume / Early C16Th
Figures taken from tapestries depicting clothing of the early 16th century. Both the front and back views are given. Date: early 16th century

Court Dress C16Th
Man: trunk hose with panes & padded with bombast, doublet, cod-piece, cloak, flat cap & feather, cut-fingered pumps. Woman: sleeves with deep fur cuffs, Spanish farthingale. Date: mid 16th century

English Costume C16Th
Royal Costume. Men: flat caps, fur-lined gowns, doublets, heavily embroidered sleeves, duck-bill toed shoes. Woman: ruff split at the front under the chin. 16th century

German Huntsmen C16Th
Clothing worn by German hunters. Many of the garments, doublets, hose, even caps, are paned - a form of decorative slashing. Date: circa 1515

Male Costume C16Th
An interpretation of C16th costume: cap with a feather, striped stockings & heeled shoes with roses, skirted doublet & an ermine lined half- gown with hanging sleeves. Date: c16th

Male Attire C16 & C17Th
Landsknecht: a form of decorative slashing. Also garments form C16th & C17th: petticoat breeches, peascod- bellied doublet, jerkins, copotains, cross-gartering... Date: circa 1530

Alexandria in C16Th
A fascinating early plan of Alexandria, showing the remains of Alexanders Palace, Pompeys Pillar, the Pharos, the city gates, the African coast and the Mediterranean

ST. VITUS DANCE / C16TH
Sufferers from St. Vitus Dance going on a pilgrimage to the Church of St. Willibrod, near Luxembourg

Types of Ruff Late C16Th
French and English ladies wearing elaborate RUFFS

C16th French O / Door Game
Egg rolling & various other games

C16th French Ball Games
Old French ball games Fossette & Le jeu de Croce, a kind of hockey game Date: Sixteenth century

Toys / Spinning Top / C16Th
La Pirouette spinning top

C16th Hatters
Two hatters and an apprentice are involved in some of the various processes involved in hatmaking

Street Musicians / C16Th
Two Street musicians strike up a tune in this very fine German engraving

Costume / Fuchs / C16Th
Noble citizens of Augsburg from an illustration for Hans Sachs, " The Eighteen Beauties of a Maiden"

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