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Angels' legs might have feathers, but were never hairy. Furry legs were reserved for devils. Cliff Davidson On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Gloria J Betcher wrote: > At 12:44 PM 2/16/00 -0500, Alan Baragona wrote: > >Well, the Norwich inventory does pair "apis skinns" with an "angel cote," > but I > >took it to be a contrast. Perhaps not. That's a very interesting > possibility. > > > >Alan B. > > > > I tend to agree with Larry that these over-hose might have been used to > give the angel's legs a shaggy appearance. It doesn't seem likely that this > entry contains a contrast of costume items. If one looks at David > Galloway's _REED: Norwich, 1540-1642_, one will find a number of other > pairings of cotes and hose in the same 1565 (I think) inventory for the > Grocers, which seems to suggest these were sets of costume pieces. > > Gloria Betcher > *************************** > Dept. of English > Iowa State University > 206 Ross Hall > Ames, IA 50011 > (515) 294-3026 > http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gbetcher >