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Dear REED-L Readers,
        John Metham's East Anglian romance "Amoryus and Cleopes"
(1448-49) has a character, a rude, arrogant knight, who has covered his
armor with armorial devices of the countries in which he has fought.  This
outlandish dress reminds me of the the Isabelle Kaczmarek-designed costume
for Mundus in the "Castle of Perseverance" production in Toronto.  Does
anyone know of an iconographical or literary precedent for such a costume?

        Thanks in advance,
        Stephen Page
        University of Hawaii
        Dept. of English
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