Needlework by Nuns: A Medieval Religious Embroidery
Although there were certainly nuns who had a true vocation for the religious life, the convent was a refuge for many girls of the higher classes for whom a suitable husband could not be found.
Clothing as a Political Tool in the Ottoman Empire: Two Miniature Paintings From a Sixteenth-Century Illustrated History of Süleyman the Magnificent (1520 -1566)
Clothing as a Political Tool in the Ottoman Empire: Two Miniature Paintings From a Sixteenth-Century Illustrated History of Süleyman the Magnificent (1520 -1566) Scollay, Susan Journal…
Traditional Icelandic Embroidery
An attempt will be made, however, to describe the most typical work wrought during the past centuries by Icelandic needlewomen, who, apparently taking great delight in their craft, produced embroideries intended to enhance not only the churches, but their homes and dress as well.
The Performance of Separation at Escomb Church
VAGANTES CONFERENCE: Session 1: Performance & Ritual The Performance of Separation at Escomb Church Ashely Lonsdale Cook (University of Wisconsin – Madison) This…
‘THE HANGINGS ABOUT THE HALL’: An Overview of Textile Wall Hangings in Late Medieval York, 1394-1505
‘THE HANGINGS ABOUT THE HALL’: An Overview of Textile Wall Hangings in Late Medieval York, 1394-1505 Kightly, Charles Medieval Textiles, Issue 28, June (2001) Abstract…
Industrial Energy from Water-Mills in the European Economy, Fifth to Eighteenth Centuries: the Limitations of Power
Industrial Energy from Water-Mills in the European Economy, Fifth to Eighteenth Centuries: the Limitations of Power Munro, John (University of Toronto) Department of Economics University…
Women’s Clothing in Kievan Rus
Women’s Clothing in Kievan Rus La Rus, Sofya Kies, Mka Lisa Medieval Textiles, Issue.27 (2001) Abstract Women’s clothing in 10th to 15th century Rus’, as…
The symbiosis of towns and textiles: urban institutions and the changing fortunes of cloth manufacturing in the Low Countries and England, 1270 – 1570
The symbiosis of towns and textiles: urban institutions and the changing fortunes of cloth manufacturing in the Low Countries and England, 1270 – 1570 Munro,…
The Wool Trade In English Medieval History
In the middle ages cloth was produced for local consumption almost everywhere, and export trade too was fed from a large number of countries; from England, from the Languedoc and from many of the Italian towns.
Clothworkers and Social Protest: The Case of Thomas Deloney
Clothworkers and Social Protest: The Case of Thomas Deloney Hentschell, Roze Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 32(1) (2001) Abstract Thomas…
The Origins of Knitted Fabrics
Subsequent research has found a slightly earlier reference, dating between 1452 and 1456, to ‘one knytt gyrdll.’
Archaeological Textiles – A Need for New Methods of Analysis and Reconstruction
Archaeological Textiles – A Need for New Methods of Analysis and Reconstruction Cybulska, Maria & Maik, Jerzy (Technical University of Łódź Institute of…
The Bayeux Tapestry and the Vitae of Edward the Confessor in Dialogue
One of the mysteries of The Bayeux Tapestry is its bias: was this depiction of the events of 1066 meant to be from the point of view of the conqueror or the conquered?
Stylistic Variation and Roman Influence in the Bayeux Tapestry
There are a number of places in the Tapestry where the graphics of the main register are different in both subject matter and style. The men pictured at these points are workers, engaged in practical, mundane (distinctly non-heroic) tasks.