Medieval Clothing And Textiles 4 (medieval Clothing And Textiles) [Hardcover]

The fourth volume of this landmark series features a special focus on headdress, with papers analysing women's turbans in fifteenth-century French manuscript paintings; the changing meaning of the term cuff; the spread of wimple from England to Southern Italy; and a surviving embroidered linen cap attributed to Saint Birgitta of Sweden. Northern European dress and textiles are further explored in papers on archaeological textiles from medieval towns in Finland, Norway, and Sweden; the construction of gowns excavated at Herjolfsnes, Greenland; and references to scarlet clothing in Icelandic sagas. Other papers focus on linen production in medieval Russia and an enigmatic quilt of Henry VIII's that almost certainly arrived in England as part of the dowry of Catherine of Aragon. Also included are reviews of recent books on clothing and textiles. ROBIN NETHERTON is a professional editor and a researcher/lecturer on the interpretation of medieval European dress; GALE R. OWEN-CROCKER is Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture at the University of Manchester. Contributors: MARK CHAMBERS, CAMILLA LUISE DAHL, LISA EVANS, JOHN BLOCK FRIEDMAN, LENA HAMMARLUND, HEINI KIRJAVAINEN, ALEXANDRA M. LESTER, ROBIN NETHERTON, GALE R. OWEN-CROCKER, KATHRINE VESTERG?RD PEDERSEN, HEIDI M. SHERMAN, LUCIA SINISI, ISIS STURTEWAGEN, MARIANNE VEDELER, ANNA ZANCHIThe best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines and with a special focus on reconstruction.From Flax to Linen in the Medieval Rus Lands - Heidi M. Sherman Melius Abundare Quam Deficere : Scarlet Clothing in Laxdaela Saga and Njals Saga - Anna ZanchiThe Wandering Wimple - Lucia SinisiFrom Head to Hand to Arm: The Lexicological History of Cuff - Mark Chambers and Gale R. Owen-CrockerVisual Textiles: A Study of Appearance and Visual Impression in Archaeologi cal Textiles - Lena Hammarlund and Heini Kirjavainen and Kathrine Vestergard Pedersen and Marianne VedelerThe Cap of St. Birgitta - Camilla Luisl��