Devil window

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Maria von Brabant (right) in a dress with a devil's window

As Devil window or Höllenfenster a long sleeve section of which is Gothic called, that caused the dress in the sleeve area remained front and rear part, only a hand-wide strip and the view of the lateral lacing released. It developed between around 1320 and 1345 and was particularly popular with the Surcot .

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