Instead I settled for Silver Clasps as a nod to the character’s wealth since I could get access to that. The Physician/Doctor’s description reads: “…wears a gown of red and blue (pers was a blue cloth) lined with taffeta and sendal.” This focused my attention to the red gown lined with taffeta, and the hood lined with sendal skipping the gold jewelry described as I do not have 14th-century jewelry in hand to complete the ensemble. 141-151) which detail the description of most of the characters in the Tales. For gold in phisik is a cordial, Therefore he lovede gold in special.” Accessing more tactile sources such as English Costume by Dion Calthrop (pp. And yet he was but esy of dispence He kepte that he wan in pestilence. According to the Harvard Geoffrey Chaucer Website () the description of the Physician found in the preface to the Pardoner’s Tale, “ In sangwyn and in pers he clad was al, Lyned with taffata and with sendal. I wanted to find a character with a simple description that might be easy to reproduce. When considering a garment/attire choice for this year’s literary-based theme, one of the first things that came to mind was Chaucer’s "The Canterbury Tales".
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