Breeches and Braies in the Late Middle Ages

These illustrations show some of the different varieties of men's undergarments from the 13th-15th centuries. See these links for construction of these undergarments.

• A few 12th century examples in the sculptures at Chartres Cathedral, like the martyrdom of Theodore
• Gideon is called, Boaz encounters Ruth, Boaz's barley, Ruth compromises Boaz, Samuel anoints Saul, the Philistines hang Saul's body from the walls of Beth-shan, warriors of Jabesh-Gilead take down Saul's body, the bodies of Saul and his sons are burned, and David puts the assassins to death, in the Maciejowski Bible, c. 1250; see this article for a method of construction based on these illustrations
• Marginal illustration (probably the martyrdom of Isaiah) in a Bible historiale (BNF Fr. 160, fol. 244v), first quarter of the 14th century
• The Lives of the Saints (BNF Fr. 183), first half of the 14th century: Crucifixion (fol. 9v), St. Martin shares his cloak (fol. 165v), and St. Leonard and the prisoners (fol. 188v)
• The martyrdom of Isaiah in a Bible historiale (BNF Fr. 162, fol. 43), 14th century
• The Golden Legend (BNF Fr. 241), 1348: Crucifixion (fol. 87) and St. Martin sharing his cloak (fol. 300)
• Fols. 6v, 8r, 87v, Voeux du paon (Morgan Library G.24, fol. 6v), c. 1350
• Healing ten lepers in the Sermons of Maurice de Sully (BNF Fr. 187, fol. 23v), mid- to third quarter of the 14th century
• Boy punished by his teacher, Omne Bonum (British Library MS Royal 6 E. VI, fol. 214), c. 1360-1375
• Tacuinum Sanitatis (BNF Nouvelle acquisition latine 1673), c. 1390-1400: collecting truffles (fol. 39v), making unleavened bread (fol. 55), making millet bread (fol. 56), dispute between drunks (fol. 88v), and hunting (fol. 91v)
• A man being helped to dress as he leaves the fountain of youth, men bathing in the Fountain, and more men bathing in the Fountain, from a fresco in the great hall of the Castello di Manta, c. 1411
• The torture of Vitruvius Vaccus, De casibus (BNF Fr. 232, fol. 120), second quarter of the 15th century
• Restituta Bolgaro and Gian di Procida at the pillory (fol. 154v) and Tessa dalla Cuculia deceives her husband (fol. 185v), Decameron (BNF Fr. 239, fol. 154v), second quarter of the 15th century
• Execution of Hannon, De casibus (BNF Fr. 229, fol. 124), c. 1435-1440
• Speculum historiale, 1463: Torture and execution of Hannon (BNF Fr. 50, fol. 119v), Crucifixion (BNF Fr. 50, fol. 231v), baptism of St. Eusebius of Vercelli (BNF Fr. 51, fol. 149v), St. Felix de Nola in front of Androcien (BNF Fr. 51, fol. 303v); and the martyrdoms of St. Martial (BNF Fr. 50, fol. 324), St. Paul (BNF Fr. 50, fol. 326v), St. Vital (BNF Fr. 50, fol. 327v), St. Processe and St. Martinian (BNF Fr. 50, fol. 328v), St. Bartholomew (BNF Fr. 50, fol. 338v), St. Barnaby (BNF Fr. 50, fol. 339v), St. Hermagoras (BNF Fr. 50, fol. 348), St. Apollinarius (BNF Fr. 50, fol. 356), St. Nereus & St. Achilleus (BNF Fr. 50, fol. 358v), St. Dennis (BNF Fr. 50, fol. 358v), St. Phocas (BNF Fr. 50, fol. 373v), St. Alexander I (BNF Fr. 50, fol. 376v), the ten thousand (BNF Fr. 50, fol. 383), St. Polycarp (BNF Fr. 50, fol. 384v), St. Pione (BNF Fr. 50, fol. 386), St. Flocel (BNF Fr. 50, fol. 389), St. Valerian (BNF Fr. 50, fol. 391), St. Jules (BNF Fr. 50, fol. 394), St. Cyrice (Cyrus?) (BNF Fr. 51, fol. 10, 15th century), St. Dennis (BNF Fr. 51, fol. 19v), St. Bnigne (BNF Fr. 51, fol. 36v), St. Agapet de Prneste (BNF Fr. 51, fol. 38v), St. Victor (BNF Fr. 51, fol. 44v), St. Mark & St. Marcellien (BNF Fr. 51, fol. 49v), St. Erasmus (BNF Fr. 51, fol. 53), St. Boniface of Tarsus (BNF Fr. 51, fol. 54), St. Pierre Balsame (BNF Fr. 51, fol. 55v), St. Cosmas & St. Damian (BNF Fr. 51, fol. 57), St. Vitalis & St. Agricola of Bologna (BNF Fr. 51, fol. 59v), St. Sabin (BNF Fr. 51, fol. 66), St. Fermin I (BNF Fr. 51, fol. 69), St. Cucuphat (BNF Fr. 51, fol. 72v), St. Julian of Antinoe (BNF Fr. 51, fol. 77), the saints of Antinoe (BNF Fr. 51, fol. 79), the saints of Antinoe (BNF Fr. 51, fol. 80v), St. Vincent (BNF Fr. 51, fol. 83v), St. Quentin (BNF Fr. 51, fol. 87), St. Crispin & St. Crispinian (BNF Fr. 51, fol. 89v), St. Christopher (BNF Fr. 51, fol. 103), St. Theodore of Antioch (BNF Fr. 51, fol. 138v), and St. Victorien and his twelve brothers (BNF Fr. 51, fol. 405)
• St. Sebastian by Antonello da Messina, 1476-1477
• Lancelot kills the deceived knight (fol. 175v) and the madness of Lancelot (fol. 232v), Lancelot du Lac (BNF Fr. 111, fol. 175v), c. 1480
• The Golden Legend (BNF Fr. 245), c. 1480-1490: martyrdom of St. Hippolytus (40v), martyrdom of St. Bartholomew (fol. 61v), and St. Martin sharing his cloak (fol. 169)
• The Great Book of Hours of Anne of Brittany, c. 1500-1508 (BNF Lat 9474): June (fol. 9), September (fol. 12), The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand (fol. 117v), and The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian (fol. 175v)