Medieval Clothing and Textiles 16
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235 Pages

23.4 x 15.6 cm

16 colour, 74 b/w, 2 line illus.

Series: Medieval Clothing and Textiles

Imprint: Boydell Press

Medieval Clothing and Textiles 16

Edited by Monica L Wright, Robin Netherton and Gale R. Owen-Crocker

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The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines.

Following the Journal's tradition of drawing on a range of disciplines, the essays here also extend chronologically from the tenth through the sixteenth century and cover a wide geography: from Scandinavia to Spain, with stops in England and the Low Countries. They include an examination of the lexical items for banners in Beowulf, evidence of the use of curved template for the composition in the Bayeux Tapestry, a discussion of medieval cultivation of hemp for use in textiles in Sweden, a reading of the character of Lady Mede (Piers Plowman) in the context of costume history, the historical context of the Spanish verdugados (in English, the farthingale)and its use as political propaganda, an analysis of the sartorial imagery on a tabletop painting (attributed to Bosch) depicting the Seven Deadly Sins, and the reconstruction of one of the sixteenth-century London Livery companies' crowns.
Preface - Monica L. Wright
Anglo-Saxon Banners and Beowulf - M. Wendy Hennequin
The Use of Curved Templates in the Drawing of the Bayeux Tapestry - Maggie Kneen and Gale R. Owen-Crocker
Construction and Reconstruction of the Past: The Medieval Nordic Textile Heritage of Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) - Git Skoglund
Historicizing the Allegorical Eye: Reading Lady Mede - John B. Slefinger
Sex, Lies, and Verdugados: Juana of Portugal and the Invention of Hoopskirts - Mark D. Johnston
Fashion and Material Culture in the Tabletop of the Seven Deadly Sins Attributed to Hieronymus Bosch - John Block Friedman
Fashion and Material Culture in the Tabletop of the Seven Deadly Sins Attributed to Hieronymus Bosch - Melanie Schuessler Bond
The Broderers' Crown: The Examination and Reconstruction of a Sixteenth-Century City of London Livery Company Election Garland - Cynthia Jackson
Recent Books of Interest
Author Index of Previous Volumes

Monica L. Wright is the Granger and Debaillon Professor of French and Medieval Studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA. Her research focuses on the use of clothing in medieval French literature.

Robin Netherton is a costume historian specializing in Western European clothing of the Middle Ages and its interpretation by artists and historians.

Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor Emerita of the University of Manchester where she was previously Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture and Director of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies.

"Together these papers provide varied and thoughtful insights into many aspects of medieval clothing and textiles and, as such, this volume is a must for those interested in all these facets." MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY

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Title Details

235 Pages

2.34 x 1.56 cm

16 colour, 74 b/w, 2 line illus.

Series: Medieval Clothing and Textiles

Imprint: Boydell Press