I just finished reading “A History of Western Embroidery” by Mary Eirwen Jones, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1696 ISBN # 289796555, 159 pages, 85 photographic images on plates, some color. A very interesting easy to read book that covers European embroidery from antiquity to modern day, with most of the emphasis on …
Q: If I participate in the medieval fair in May, I should probably wear some kind of head covering since I have short hair and I don’t think that is very period. A: I guess for head coverings, it’s veils, hats and occasionally something different like a turban. Veils are …
Literary Sources Another thought on continuity – I have been reading a translation of Eric and Enide by Chretien de Troyes at: http://www.netserf.org/Literature/Authors/Chretien_de_Troyes/ and I am amazed at how similar the human experience is in terms of this romance. Poor girl from good family wins prince with her beauty and …
Q: I’d like to embroider for my lord (an 11th century Norman) a small pouch to wear on his belt, as a slightly more-period favor than a “tea-towel” that’s so often done, but I’m having problems coming up with a design for the actual bag that would be reasonably period…would …
I know there are some pics of 12th C embroidery patterns on the files page for this group, but I found some more drawings of embroidered bands on the internet last week. Now that I am back on my own computer, I can’t find them anymore. Does anyone have a …
I know Rowena put up a message a bit ago for us to be on the lookout for visual references for things that might be a sukenie, and I really haven’t had any luck with images yet. However, I did run across some Germanic literary references, mostly 13th century, to …
“Small Encyclopedia of 12th Century Textile Info” “I have been wondering about what sort of silk to use myself. I spent some time going through my textile books last night, and although I have some black charmeuse that I wanted to make a bliaut out of, I have come to …
“Oriental Surcoat”, Pelicon, Black Bliaut Message #100 – July 29, 2002~ Katrine de Saint Brieuc / Katherine Barich “I am specifically looking for documentation of that elusive ‘oriental surcoat’ (pelicon) and a specific representation in color of a black bliaut. I have found an image in the Hortus Deliciarum, but …
Hamlet (1990)Mel Gibson, Glenn CloseDirector: Franco Zeffirelli “Finally found Mel & Glenn at Blockbuster & fell in love w/ the gowns. & wasn’t Mel wearing a KNITTED sweater w/ leather mid-section? It sure looked like some sort of arming sweater. But, it could have been sprang, which seems more likely …
First Knight (1995)Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia OrmondDirector: Jerry Zucker “Did the pleated gown of Guenivere in First Knight have the remotest resemblance to a bliaut? Whether it did or didn’t, it was lovely! “~ Gwen / Jennifer Hill “My comment on the clothing pieces in First Knight was that …
