Note 73 — Chapter XVI
Reading edition
A Veronica, or Face of our Lord, frequently figured on hat-ornaments. Thus: “A vernicle hadde he sewed upon his cappe” (Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, l. 688). This jewel may perhaps have been a hat-brooch.
Reading edition
A Veronica, or Face of our Lord, frequently figured on hat-ornaments. Thus: “A vernicle hadde he sewed upon his cappe” (Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, l. 688). This jewel may perhaps have been a hat-brooch.