Women’s clothing in 14th century iberia

 

Detail of the altarpiece of Saint George and the Virgin. San Frencesc, Vilafranca del Penedes. 14th c. Lluis Borrassa.

Miriam and her companions dancing after crossing the Red Sea. Golden Haggadah, Spain; Barcelona? c.1320. British Library, Add. ms 27210, f.15r, detail.

Jewish

Jewish clothing of the time was essentially identical to the clothing worn by the majority around them. In Christian kingdoms, Jews tended to adopt the clothing of the local Christian majority, while in Muslim regions, they wore Muslim dress.

Rather than repeating whole sections of information, I have chosen to point out some of the more disticntive items of dress that are unique to the Jewish population. The images are drawn from the many 14th c. Spanish Sephardi Haggadot (liturgical books, used at Seder, telling the Exodus story.

Moorish

Note: I’ve had a hard time finding good 14th century image sources. Most of the textual sources mention that fashion was fairly static between the 13th and the 15th centuries, so I opted to use 13th century images for illustration.