Hi Rachel, welcome to the list. :-) I can nod gravely with the "been there, done that" expression on my face. I have been slowly, slowly digging into Venetian mask wearing and making for a few years now. I've written a couple of SCA A&S papers on it, if you are interested in comparing what I have to what you have collected. http://outoftheattic.homeip.net/Venetian_Masks.html I ran into the same brick walls you did. There was one grad listed on some university site somewhere that did her senior thesis on Venetian masks, but I have yet to figure out how to make contact with her. I find that a lot of Italian, particularly Venetian historical documents are few and far in between, and even less written in English. One needs to have a working knowledge of Latin Italian *and* access to the documents in question before one gets anywhere. And thus far, every attempt I have made to locate primary source materials in Italy have failed. The Italians just don't respond. This is not to discourage you, but giving you an idea of what you are up against. I am all *too* happy to pool resources and come up with something that we would be satisfied with. Basically, you'll likely have to get used to the statement "I don't know yet, but I'm working on it", until you weed out what you are looking for.
Kathy > The problem comes in when I'm researching Venetian > masking traditions > PRIOR to the 1600's. I�d like to offer a �brief > history of� handout and > I�m running into all kinds of problems. I've run > across a number of > masking sources on the internet, professional > suppliers, amateur sites and > so on that give a very romantic view of the masking > tradition, but don't > supply any bibliography. <snip> > So my question is � does anyone have ANY idea on a > reputable scholastic > source for Venetian masking traditions prior to the > 17th century? Is > there maybe a database out there with medieval > Venetian law codes that I > can tear through or maybe a recognized scholarly > authority SOMEWHERE on > the subject? Ermine, a lion rampant tail nowed gules charged on the shoulder with a rose Or barbed, seeded, slipped and leaved vert Its never too late to be who you might have been. -George Eliot For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it. -Ivan Panin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
