Actually mywitch, what the artist gave Minerva is a Penannular Brooch. It's an ancient piece of Celtic jewelry for pinning clothing in place. I have a couple that were hand made by our real metal smithy, one made of bronze and one of sterling silver.
I used to perform at Renaissance Pleasure Faire for some years, I was a member of a Scots / Irish Clan, and actually hand sewed all of my clothing from natural period type cloth. We were only allowed to utilize the materials that were completely natural and available in that era in the Highlands and Lowlands. Lots of layers of heavy cotton linen and wool, Just 1 of my skirts was literally 7 yards. We women wore tunics (in Gaelic, a leine), which are a long, loose-fitting shirt that reaches down to about the ankle, with sleeves that hung to our knees. They were our "purse" so to speak. :-D The next layer was an underskirt in cotton (7 yards) and a wool bodice with leather lacing. Then our overskirt made of wool. A tartan earasaid, (shawl) usually pinned with a penannular brooch. And finally a 1 yard square of cotton linen folded into a head covering called a kerch, basically a Huge handkerchief. Getting dressed was no small feat.
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I used to perform at Renaissance Pleasure Faire for some years, I was a member of a Scots / Irish Clan, and actually hand sewed all of my clothing from natural period type cloth. We were only allowed to utilize the materials that were completely natural and available in that era in the Highlands and Lowlands. Lots of layers of heavy cotton linen and wool, Just 1 of my skirts was literally 7 yards. We women wore tunics (in Gaelic, a leine), which are a long, loose-fitting shirt that reaches down to about the ankle, with sleeves that hung to our knees. They were our "purse" so to speak. :-D The next layer was an underskirt in cotton (7 yards) and a wool bodice with leather lacing. Then our overskirt made of wool. A tartan earasaid, (shawl) usually pinned with a penannular brooch. And finally a 1 yard square of cotton linen folded into a head covering called a kerch, basically a Huge handkerchief. Getting dressed was no small feat.