Happy evening! I managed to get a copy of Storia del Costume in Italia (mentioned in earlier post) in on Inter Library Loan, and have had a bit of time to work my way through some of the Italian. I thought you might like to read what I have translated …
I don’t think I’ve written about this yet, but I stumbled across a very interesting book called “Russian Applied Art of Tenth-Thirteenth Centuries” by B. A. Rybakov, Published by Aurora Art Publishers, Leningrad, no date given (1970’s?). It is 128 pages long and has 161 color and black and white …
Original subject line: “Something new on 12th century jewelry (long)” I have just got in on inter-library loan a wonderful book called Mediaeval European Jewellery, by Ronald W. Lightbown, which has been the subject of discussion on one of my other lists. It is published by the Victoria and Albert …
(A compendium of information from discussions on the 12th Century Garb Yahoo Group list) Q: “What, dear cousins, shall a lady of the 12th C wear in the way of jewelry & where shall she look for reasonable, low cost [preferably] ware?”~ Gwen A: “It’s a dilema I haven’t managed …
