Di jantung kemewahan dan keanggunan era Renaisans Prancis, satu tarian memegang peran sentral dalam setiap pertemuan sosial: Pesona Bransle. Tarian melingkar yang berulang dan dinamis ini bukan hanya sekadar hiburan; ia adalah bahasa non-verbal yang […]
Category: Cosmetics
Historical makeup, body care, hygiene, and beauty treatments. Where medicine meets scribal arts and cooking and it explodes all over your face.
The Trotula Collection
This collection of medical manuscripts is commonly referred to as ‘The Trotula’. These three texts: “On the Conditions of Women”, “On Women’s Cosmetics”, and “On the Treatments for Women” were aggregated by the 12th century, […]
Historical Cream Foundation, Trotula #278
An oil based face whitener that would modernly be described as a foundation. This cream is similar to the Roman cream found in Southwark. It has a strong, thoroughly medieval scent that is not necessarily […]