Moorish Women: Undergarments


1283. The Book of Chess, Dice and Board Games, St. Lorenze del Escorial, Madrid.

Qamīṣ (camisa) or Qandūra (sleeveless camisa)

  • linen or cotton, usually white

  • shirt (camisa) made long and full

  • either light and gauzy or heavier

  • 'bat wing' type cuff

  • could be embroidered in Moorish embroidery in silk thread (blue, red and especially black are the most mentioned) (Villagra)

Moorish woman wearing a sheer qamis over white zaragüelles


1283. The Book of Chess, Dice and Board Games, St. Lorenze del Escorial, Madrid.

Zaragüelles AKA Sarāwīl:

ankle length trousers, either pleated or straight

  • Could be made of linen, silk, or fine brocade

  • Very luxurious pairs studded with jewels

  • Layered in winter

  • A fourteenth-century Italian pilgrim Simone Sigoli relates that he was told by his Muslim guide that the adornment of luxurious drawers could cost as much as 400-500 ducats (Stillman 76)


Trabaq:

hosen or stockings