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The birth of St. Edmund, King of East Anglia, died 869. Ladies in waiting and midwives attend the mother in bed with soup and aromatics, while a nursemaid holds the baby near the fireplace. Habits of the 15th century. The women wear large high hats and long robes. From John Lydgates Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, 1434-9, Harley MS 2278. Handcoloured engraving by Joseph Strutt from his Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, Henry Bohn, London, 1842.
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The birth of St. Edmund, King of East Anglia, died 869. Ladies in waiting and midwives attend the mother in bed with soup and aromatics, while a nursemaid holds the baby near the fireplace. Habits of the 15th century. The women wear large high hats and long robes. From John Lydgates Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, 1434-9, Harley MS 2278. Handcoloured engraving by Joseph Strutt from his Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, Henry Bohn, London, 1842.
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5579 x 5479 px | 87.5 MB
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47.2 x 46.4 cm | 18.6 x 18.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
APPAREL • AROMATICS • BABY • BED • BEDROOM • BEDROOMS • BIRTH • BREASTFEEDING • CHANGING ROOM • CHILDBIRTH • CLOTHES • CLOTHING • COMPLETE VIEW OF THE DRESS AND HABITS OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND • COSTUME • DISGUISE • DORMITORY • DRESS • DRESSED • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • FASHION • FIREPLACE • GARMENT • HABIT • HABITS OF THE 15TH CENTURY • HANDCOLOURED • HARLEY MS 2278 • HAT • HAT • HEADGEAR • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • INCENSE • JOHN LYDGATE • JOSEPH STRUTT • KING OF EAST ANGLIA • LABOUR • LADIES IN WAITING • LIFESTYLE • LIVES OF SAINTS EDMUND AND FREMUND • LONG ROBE • MANUSCRIPT • MANUSCRIPT, ILLUMINATED • MASQUERADE • MATERNITY • MENSWEAR • MIDWIVES • MODA • MOTHER • MOTHERHOOD • MUM • NEONATE • NEWBORN BABY • NEWBORN • NURSEMAID • PRINT • ROBE • SOUP • ST. EDMUND • SWADDLING CLOTHES • TAILOR • VASE • WAY OF LIFE
