| Medieval Clothing and Textiles 12 Contributor(s): Netherton, Robin (Editor), Owen-Crocker, Gale R. (Editor), Dahl, Camilla Luise (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1783270896 ISBN-13: 9781783270897 Publisher: Boydell Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Design | History & Criticism - Design | Fashion & Accessories - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 391.009 |
| LCCN: 2016462684 |
| Series: Medieval Clothing and Textiles |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9.4" (1.40 lbs) 222 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The studies collected here range through art, artifacts, documentary text, and poetry, addressing both real and symbolic functions of dress and textiles. John Block Friedman breaks new ground with his article on clothing for pets and other animals, while Grzegorz Pac compares depictions of sacred and royal female dress and evaluates attempts to link them together. Jonathan C. Cooper describes the clothing of scholars in Scotland's three pre-Reformation universities and the effects of the Reformation upon it. Camilla Luise Dahl examines references to women's garments in probates and what they reveal about early modern fashions. Megan Cavell focuses on the treatment of textiles associated with the Holy of Holies in Old English biblical poetry. Frances Pritchard examines the iconography, heraldry, and inscriptions on a worn and repaired set of embroidered fifteenth-century orphreys to determine their origin.Finally, Thomas M. Izbicki summarizes evidence for the choice of white linen for the altar and the responsibilities of priests for keeping it clean and in good repair. |
Contributor Bio(s): Owen-Crocker, Gale R.: - Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor Emerita at the University of Manchester, having previously been Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture and Director of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies. She has written extensively on Anglo-Saxon culture, particularly in the field of dress and textiles and has published several books. She directed the production of a database of dress/textile terms in all languages of the British IslesNetherton, Robin: - Costume historian and freelance editor; no academic affiliation |