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Feather tights, the Glossary

Feather tights is the name usually given by art historians to a form of costume seen on Late Medieval depictions of angels, which shows them as if wearing a body suit with large scale-like overlapping downward-pointing elements representing feathers, as well as having large wings.^[1]

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Costume design
Featherwork
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Alabaster

Alabaster is a mineral and a soft rock used for carvings and as a source of plaster powder.

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Alb

The alb (from the Latin albus, meaning "white") is one of the liturgical vestments of Western Christianity.

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Alice Chaucer, Duchess of Suffolk

Alice Chaucer, Duchess of Suffolk, LG (c. 1404–1475) was a granddaughter of the English poet Geoffrey Chaucer.

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Altarpiece

An altarpiece is an work of art in painting, sculpture or relief representing a religious subject made for placing at the back of or behind the altar of a Christian church.

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Altschwendt

Altschwendt is a municipality in the district of Schärding in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

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Angel

In Abrahamic religious traditions (such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) and some sects of other belief-systems like Hinduism and Buddhism, an angel is a heavenly supernatural or spiritual being.

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Angels in Christianity

In Christianity, angels are the messengers of God.

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Arthur, Prince of Wales

Arthur, Prince of Wales (19/20 September 1486 – 2 April 1502), was the eldest son of King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and an older brother to the future King Henry VIII.

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Attleborough

Attleborough is a market town and civil parish located on the A11 between Norwich and Thetford in Norfolk, England.

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Bamberg Cathedral

Bamberg Cathedral (Bamberger Dom, official name Bamberger Dom St. Peter und St. Georg) is a church in Bamberg, Germany, completed in the 13th century.

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Bavarian National Museum

The Bavarian National Museum (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum) in Munich is one of the most important museums of decorative arts in Europe and one of the largest art museums in Germany.

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British Library

The British Library is a research library in London that is the national library of the United Kingdom.

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British Museum

The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London.

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Burrell Collection

The Burrell Collection is a museum in Glasgow, Scotland, managed by Glasgow Museums. Feather tights and Burrell Collection are medieval art.

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Catherine of Aragon

Catherine of Aragon (also spelt as Katherine, historical Spanish: Catharina, now: Catalina; 16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536) was Queen of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 11 June 1509 until its annulment on 23 May 1533.

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Cawston, Norfolk

Cawston is a village and civil parish in the Broadland district of Norfolk, England.

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Censer

A censer, incense burner, perfume burner or pastille burner is a vessel made for burning incense or perfume in some solid form.

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Cherub

A cherub (cherubim; כְּרוּב kərūḇ, pl. כְּרוּבִים kərūḇīm, are one of the unearthly beings in Abrahamic religions. The numerous depictions of cherubim assign to them many different roles, such as protecting the entrance of the Garden of Eden. Feather tights and cherub are angels in Christianity.

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Chester Midsummer Watch Parade

Chester's Midsummer Watch Parade is a festival celebrated in Chester, England.

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Chester Mystery Plays

The Chester Mystery Plays is a cycle of mystery plays originating in the city of Chester, England and dating back to at least the early part of the 15th century.

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College Art Association

The College Art Association of America (CAA) is the principal organization in the United States for professionals in the visual arts, from students to art historians to emeritus faculty.

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Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick

The Collegiate Church of St Mary is a Church of England parish church in Warwick, Warwickshire, England.

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Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany.

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Elizabeth of York

Elizabeth of York (11 February 1466 – 11 February 1503) was Queen of England from her marriage to King Henry VII on 18 January 1486 until her death in 1503.

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Eucharist

The Eucharist (from evcharistía), also known as Holy Communion, the Blessed Sacrament and the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches, and as an ordinance in others.

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Ewelme

Ewelme is a village and civil parish in the Chiltern Hills in South Oxfordshire, north-east of the market town of Wallingford.

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Golden Legend

The Golden Legend (Legenda aurea or Legenda sanctorum) is a collection of 153 hagiographies by Jacobus de Voragine that was widely read in Europe during the Late Middle Ages. Feather tights and Golden Legend are Christian iconography.

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Great Malvern Priory

Great Malvern Priory in Malvern, Worcestershire, England, was a Benedictine monastery (c. 1075 – 1540) and is now an Anglican parish church.

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Guild

A guild is an association of artisans and merchants who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular territory.

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Holy Thorn Reliquary

The Holy Thorn Reliquary was probably created in the 1390s in Paris for John, Duke of Berry, to house a relic of the Crown of Thorns.

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Illuminated manuscript

An illuminated manuscript is a formally prepared document where the text is decorated with flourishes such as borders and miniature illustrations.

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Isenheim Altarpiece

The Isenheim Altarpiece is an altarpiece sculpted and painted by, respectively, the Germans Nikolaus of Haguenau and Matthias Grünewald in 1512–1516.

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Jeffrey Burton Russell

Jeffrey Burton Russell (1 August 1934 – 12 April 2023) was an American historian of medieval Europe and religious studies scholar.

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Lamentation of Christ

The Lamentation of Christ is a very common subject in Christian art from the High Middle Ages to the Baroque.

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Lappet

A lappet is a decorative flap, fold or hanging part of a headdress or garment.

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Late Middle Ages

The late Middle Ages or late medieval period was the period of European history lasting from AD 1300 to 1500.

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Liturgical drama

Liturgical drama refers to medieval forms of dramatic performance that use stories from the Bible or Christian hagiography.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Lucas Moser

Lucas Moser (c 1390 – c 1434), was a German Late-Gothic painter.

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Maidbronn

Maidbronn is a village in Bavaria, Germany, located about northeast of Würzburg.

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Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene or the Madeleine) was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to his crucifixion and resurrection.

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Mary of Egypt

Mary of Egypt (Μαρία η Αιγυπτία; Ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ Ⲛⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ; المصرية; Amharic/Geez: ቅድስት ማርያም ግብፃዊት) was an Egyptian grazer saint dwelling in Palestine during Late antiquity or the Early Middle Ages.

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Matthias Grünewald

Matthias Grünewald (– 31 August 1528; also known as Mathis Gothart Nithart) was a German Renaissance painter of religious works who ignored Renaissance classicism to continue the style of late medieval Central European art into the 16th century.

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Maximin of Trier

Maximin (born at Silly near Poitiers; — Poitiers 12 September 346) was the sixth bishop of Trier.

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Münnerstadt

Münnerstadt is a town in the district of Bad Kissingen in Bavaria, Germany.

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Michael (archangel)

Michael, also called Saint Michael the Archangel, Archangel Michael and Saint Michael the Taxiarch is an archangel in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the Baha'i faith.

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Museum Kunstpalast

The Kunstpalast, formerly Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf is an art museum in Düsseldorf.

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Mystery play

Mystery plays and miracle plays (they are distinguished as two different forms although the terms are often used interchangeably) are among the earliest formally developed plays in medieval Europe.

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Norfolk

Norfolk is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.

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Norwich

Norwich is a cathedral city and district of the county of Norfolk, England of which it is the county town.

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Norwich School (glassmakers)

The Norwich School of glassmakers was a mediaeval Norwich-based community of stained glass makers, mostly active between the mid-14th century and the English Reformation, when much of the glass was destroyed as part of the general injunction against stained glass, shrines, roods, statues and bells.

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Nottingham alabaster

Nottingham alabaster is a term used to refer to the English sculpture industry, mostly of relatively small religious carvings, which flourished from the fourteenth century until the early sixteenth century.

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Nuremberg Chronicle

The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated encyclopedia consisting of world historical accounts, as well as accounts told through biblical paraphrase.

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Old St Paul's Cathedral

Old St Paul's Cathedral was the cathedral of the City of London that, until the Great Fire of 1666, stood on the site of the present St Paul's Cathedral.

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Peafowl

Peafowl is a common name for two bird species of the genus Pavo and one species of the closely related genus Afropavo within the tribe Pavonini of the family Phasianidae (the pheasants and their allies).

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Provence

Provence is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the south.

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Raphael (archangel)

Raphael ("God has healed") is an archangel first mentioned in the Book of Tobit and in 1 Enoch, both estimated to date from between the 3rd and 2nd century BCE.

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Relief

Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces remain attached to a solid background of the same material.

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St Nicholas, Blakeney

St Nicholas is the Anglican parish church of Blakeney, Norfolk, in the deanery of Holt and the Diocese of Norwich.

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Stained glass

Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it.

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Tiefenbronn

Tiefenbronn is a municipality in the Enz district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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Tilman Riemenschneider

Tilman Riemenschneider (1460 – 7 July 1531) was a German woodcarver and sculptor active in Würzburg from 1483.

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Tomb effigy

A tomb effigy (French: gisant ("lying")) is a sculpted effigy of a deceased person usually shown lying recumbent on a rectangular slab, presented in full ceremonious dress or wrapped in a shroud, and shown either dying or shortly after death. Feather tights and tomb effigy are sculpture.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feather_tights

Also known as Feather suit, Feathered angels, Mary Magdalene's hair suit.

, Norwich School (glassmakers), Nottingham alabaster, Nuremberg Chronicle, Old St Paul's Cathedral, Peafowl, Provence, Raphael (archangel), Relief, St Nicholas, Blakeney, Stained glass, Tiefenbronn, Tilman Riemenschneider, Tomb effigy, Veit Stoss, Vestment, Victoria and Albert Museum, William Caxton, Woodcut.

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Costume design

Featherwork

Stained glass

References