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A women's overgarment (ie it has an [[underdress]] worn underneath, but may have a [[cloak]] over top) which is shaped like a dress without sleeves. This garment may have evolved from surcoats knights wore to war.
A women's overgarment (ie it has an [[underdress]] worn underneath, but may have a [[cloak]] over top) which is shaped like a dress without sleeves. This garment may have evolved from surcoats knights wore to war.


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*[[sideless surcoat]]
*[[sideless surcoat]]
*[[armoured surcoat]]
*[[armoured surcoat]]



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Revision as of 18:33, 25 August 2004

A women's overgarment (ie it has an underdress worn underneath, but may have a cloak over top) which is shaped like a dress without sleeves. This garment may have evolved from surcoats knights wore to war.

One of the major sources for such garments is the manesse codex, a german bible illustrated 1300-1315. A copy of the illustrations from it can be found online at: [[1]] This was the most popular time for this garment, but high cut surcoats were also occasionally worn in later times.

This garment probably evolved into the sideless surcoat where a much greater amount of the side of the underdress was exposed.

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