JOURNAL #8 – MIDDLE AGES MORGUE

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/464029?&searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&deptids=17&ao=on&ft=Byzantine+jewelry&offset=0&rpp=80&pos=3
These Byzantine earrings are from 6th-7th century A.D. This pair of earrings show the common practices used to make jewelry of this time. They are made of gold and encrusted in pearls and sapphires.
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/14.40.626-27/
This painting of Maria Portinari from 1470 depicts her wearing a medieval headress called the hennin. The hennin is a headress in the shape of a cone with a veil completely covering the female’s hair.
https://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/zgothic/miniatur/1401-450/5flemish/03flemis.html
This manuscript of a woman is from the Book of Hours of Marie of Gueldern from 1415. The woman is depicted wearing a houppelande that is full bodied and the sleeves are very long and dagged.


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