Fancy braies

OK, so I may have lied in my previous post, claiming that I showed my favourite 13th century images of underwear - but that was before I really sat down and studied the Trinity Apocalypse.

Now these are my favourite images of braies at least:

Dots and stripes, oh my!

Another thing that strikes you when looking at the many depictions of braies and hose in this manuscript is how many men there are that wear hose that reach just to, or just above, the knee.