[Ansteorra] Undergarments and stuff

[mikea]

On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 07:58:49PM -0500, Marc Carlson wrote:
> I'd like to thank folks who've offered suggestions on where to research this 
> topic, but honestly that wasn't what I was writing for earlier.  I've been 
> researching this topic for a long time now, so when I say that there aren't 
> any extant examples, I mean it.  All we have are pictures and guesses.
> 
> BTW, Michael, I suspect that the picture you are describing (folio 2v 
> "February") could be showing any number of things - particularly with the 
> peasant working in the field with his skirts tucked up and showing *his* 
> braes.  My take on it is that he's shed his undergarments to help get warm.

Certainly could be the case, and I've wondered about that, but _why_
would he want the wind whistling around his goolies while he was 
trying to use radiant heat to warm 'em? Self-defeating. Could be some
artistic license. Sample of one: not enough to draw _any_ sort of 
general conclusion from. 

Best regards, from

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