Notes on Men's Underwear Page 2

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Carlo Crivelli, San Rocco, ?1430-1485
Extremely good view of hose showing how they were laced to the pourpoint or belt. San Rocco's shirt (camicia) is tucked into his sewn & shaped drawers (mutande)

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                                                             Andrea Mantenga, The Crucifiction, 1456-59
                                                               Christ, as usual, is shown with cloth draped                                                                                      around the loins, but the two thieves wear bikini                                                                                 style drawers

Fra Angelico, Decapitation of Ss Cosmas & Damian, 1430s
The ececutioner seems to wear a scarlet pourpoint and scarlet hose. He has on a very tight fitting garment that I think is drawers. Note the seams that run vertically over the buttocks - could be made from a T shaped piece of cloth

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Masaccio, Baptism of the Neophytes, 1426-1427
Two neophytes wear what look like jock-straps with wide straps over the buttocks

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Michele di Matteo Lambertini, The Emperor Heraclius Carries The Cross To Jerusalem 1416-1449 The Emperor is clad only in his shirt (and of course, his crown! Note the interesting pattern of embroidery

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Piero della Francesca, detail from St. Sebastian and St. John the Baptist, 1440-1460
St. Sebastian's drawers strongly resemble modern bikini underpants

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Piero della Francesca, Baptism of Christ, 1442 While Christ wears a swath of fabric about his loins, the man on the right who is removing his shirt shows his bikini-style drawers