men : outer garments

Garnacha

Wide neckline

  • Short wide sleeves

  • About mid calf length

  • Full, loose body

  • Closed down the front

    • with buttons

    • front sewn closed

  • Decorative tabs at center front neckline

L to R:

  1. f

  2. 1343. Hecho del rey don Jaime, Universidad de Barcelona, España (detalle)

  3. 1396 y 1408. Caballeros jugando al ajedrez, Sala de los Reyes época nazarí, Alhambra de Granada, España (detalle)

  4. 1280-85. Cantiga de Santa María Alfonso X el Sabio, Biblioteca del Monasterios de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid, España (detalle)

Mantonet

Inicios del XIV. Ermita de San Zoilo, Cáseda, Navarra, España (detalle)

  • length between thigh and knee

  • worn by both men and women

  • By end of 14th c., was primarily a woman’s garment

  • In Castile, fashion was for short collars on the mantonet

Gabán

XIII. El juicio final, portada de San Juan, catedral de León (detalle)

  • Loose, full length garment

  • wide sleeves and a hood

  • Wool, satin, silk, sackcloth (peasants)

  • Could be decorated with strips of fabric, etc