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.
Table of Content
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
About the author
MELANIE SCHUESSLER BOND is the Professor of Costume Design at Eastern Michigan University.
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