Caption (Left) Detail from "Ascesa dei Beati" (Michelangelo Buonarroti) from Sistine Chapel; (Right) 16th-century drawing reproducing the same detail. An inscription "di mano di Michelangelo ...

Later costume drawings of 16th and 17th century Irish by English and continental artists continued Vital’s comparison of the wild, Gaelic Irish with their long, saffron shirts and glibs with the ...