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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Natasha, post: 222146, member: 3724&quot;]That thing which is pushing his jacket to the side actually is not the &quot;thing&quot;. It is a part of his costume. According to the fashion style of that time kings (and not just kings but noblemen) cover &quot;the thing&quot; with special box made first of metal (for battles) later it turned into a small sack made of expensive fabric and decorated with precious stones. They were of different shapes. In the dictionary I found the word &quot;codpiece&quot; (in French braguette). It had decorative meaning and emphasized &quot;His Majesty&#039;s strength and power&quot;. In the portraits of Henry VIII he is always depicted in costumes with &quot;codpiece&quot;. His official portrait is below.</p><p>The man in the picture does not look like Henry VIII, he is not so gorgeous. Still I assume he is from the top nobility, if not from the Tudors dynasty.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]65910[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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