[MR] medieval underwear...

[James Barker]

Ceara

 

Yes belts were also used. I have read good arguments for them in the past based of historical written descriptions though I have no reference on that to give you. I do however have a woodcut image of St. Sebastian clearly holding up his underpants with a belt dated to 1410 -1420. The full reference for the image is in the photobucket description:

 

http://s728.photobucket.com/albums/ww284/Flonzy/?action=view&current=1410UnderwearBelt.gif

 

Hope this helps
Baron James de Biblesworth



 
> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:03:06 -0700
> From: kyrilex at yahoo.com
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: [MR] medieval underwear...
> 
> are mens' braies usually held up by drawstring only, or does anyone know if a narrow leather belt is ever used? Don't want my man's pants falling down unannounced. 
> 
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