Italian noblewoman in courtly dress with fur-lined coat with voluminous sleeves; 1303. Her headdress is decorated with pearls and precious stones. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's 鈥楬istorical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages;' Vienna; 1811. Illustration based on Cesare Vecellio's Habiti Antichi e moderni; Venice; 1590