Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9781837651856 |
| ISBN10: | 183765185X |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 220 pages |
| Size: | 234x156 mm |
| Weight: | 477 g |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 15 graphs, 29 colour and 10 b/w illus. |
| 670 |
Category:
Medieval Clothing and Textiles 18
Series:
Medieval Clothing and Textiles;
Publisher: Boydell Press
Date of Publication: 14 May 2024
Number of Volumes: Print PDF
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Short description:
The best research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines.
Long description:
The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines.
The essays collected here continue the Journal's wide-ranging and eclectic tradition. Topics include literary evidence for linen armour; serial production in late medieval silks; the inventory of Isabella Bruce's bridal goods; the depiction of women textile workers in the frescoes of the Salone of the Palazzo della Ragione in Padua, Italy; ideal female beauty in the Middle Ages and the means used to attain and assess it; and social status as evidenced by clothing and textiles in the Scottish royal treasurer's accounts of the mid-sixteenth century.
The essays collected here continue the Journal's wide-ranging and eclectic tradition. Topics include literary evidence for linen armour; serial production in late medieval silks; the inventory of Isabella Bruce's bridal goods; the depiction of women textile workers in the frescoes of the Salone of the Palazzo della Ragione in Padua, Italy; ideal female beauty in the Middle Ages and the means used to attain and assess it; and social status as evidenced by clothing and textiles in the Scottish royal treasurer's accounts of the mid-sixteenth century.
Table of Contents:
Preface
1. Linen Armour in the Frankish Countries. Part 1. The Twelfth Century - Sean Manning
2. Serial Production and Individualisation in Late Medieval Silk Weaving - Michael Peter
3. The Trousseau of Isabella Bruce, Queen of Norway -Valeria Di Clemente
4. Make and Create: The Craftswomen in the Salone Frescoes of the Palazzo della Ragione, Padua - Darrelyn Gunzburg
5. Combs, Mirrors and other Female Beauty Bling in the Middle Ages - John Block Friedman
6. The Dividing Lines of Social Status in Sixteenth-Century Scottish Fashion - Melanie Schuessler Bond
1. Linen Armour in the Frankish Countries. Part 1. The Twelfth Century - Sean Manning
2. Serial Production and Individualisation in Late Medieval Silk Weaving - Michael Peter
3. The Trousseau of Isabella Bruce, Queen of Norway -Valeria Di Clemente
4. Make and Create: The Craftswomen in the Salone Frescoes of the Palazzo della Ragione, Padua - Darrelyn Gunzburg
5. Combs, Mirrors and other Female Beauty Bling in the Middle Ages - John Block Friedman
6. The Dividing Lines of Social Status in Sixteenth-Century Scottish Fashion - Melanie Schuessler Bond
