Belts and girdles are fairly common in illustrations and portraiture from the Middle Ages and Renaissance, so this page instead focuses on extant examples of various styles. For more on belts and belt-buckles, see these links .
The so-called belt of St. Madelberte , woven silk, 7th centuryBelt from a Coptic grave in Akkim, 8th-11th centuryBelt: A strap-fitting with three leather straps , late 10th-early 11th centuryWoven silk belt with bar-shaped mounts , c. 1250-1325; buckle and belt-end are c. 1450Belt of Fernando de la Cerda , cloth of gold with silver-gilt mounts and enamel, sapphires, and pearls, c. 1270 (also here )Belts from the Colmar treasure , first half of the 15th century. See also:Belt from the Colmar treasure , first half of the 14th century (also here , here , here , and here )Belt from the Colmar treasure , silver-gilt mounts (alternating between women's heads and roses) on silk, first half of the 14th century (also here and here )The Branko belt , silk embroidered in gold and silver, Byzantium, mid-14th centuryBelt for a lady's dress , Siena, c. 1375-1400 (also here )Belt of Friedrichs von Greifenstein , silver with gold plating, 1386Belts from the 14th-15th centuriesTen enamelled silver-gilt plaques for a belt , France, 15th centuryDominican belt , leather with ivory, France, 15th centurySilk belt with enamelled buckle and end-plate , Flanders or Burgundy, c. 1450 (also here and here )Lady's belt , silk with silver and garnets, end of the 15th centurySt. Waudru's belt , brass with enamel and silver-gilt, 15th-16th centuryBelt of the doorkeeper of the Star Chamber , leather, c. 1500Bride's girdle , Germany, 16th centuryJewish bride's belt , silver and bronze with gilding, Germany, 16th centuryBelt , Safavid Persia (Tabriz), 1507Belt made by Domenico de Sutrio, 1509Belt , Germany, 1520 (also here )Girdle , engraved silver, c. 1524-1525 (use V&A Access to Images and search for Museum Number 13-1899 )Silver belt with knife and sheath , Rappersweil, c. 1576-1600Silver girdle belt , Germany, late 16th-early 17th centuryLady's silver girdle with the Annunciation, Magdeburg, c. 1600Lady's silver girdle with the Annunciation, Magdeburg, c. 1600Silver girdle , southern Germany, c. 1600Girdle , silver-gilt and enamel, early 17th century (use V&A Access to Images and search for Museum Number 484&A-1873 )Belt and hanger , cast and pierced silver, 17th century (use V&A Access to Images and search for Museum Number M.34-1939 )Highland sword belt , 17th centuryTurkish belt , 17th centuryBelt , engraved gold, c. 1650 (use V&A Access to Images and search for Museum Number M.152 to C-1984 )
