On Wed, 31 Jan 2007, Beth and Bob Matney wrote: > I am considering ordering a photocopy of > > Romanesque-Byzantine Elements in French and English Dress 1050-1180 by > Jennifer Harris. Univ. Manchester Ph.D Thesis (1977) > > Has anyone seen/read this Thesis?
I haven't seen the thesis and can't speak to it, but Jennifer Harris had an excellent article on 12th-century clothing in a collection of essays edited by my colleague Gale Owen-Crocker a few years ago. (rustle, rustle) Here it is: Jennifer Harris, "Estroit vestu et menu cosu": Evidence for the construction of twelfth-century dress," in _Medieval Art: R4ecent Perspectives: A memorial tribute to C. R. Dodwell_, ed. Gale R. Owen-Crocker and Timothy Graham (Manchester University Press, 1998). ILL *that* book. You'll get a good idea of Harris's outlook from that, and then you can decide whether to plunk down the bucks to get the thesis. (My general feeling is that while I disagree with a few of her interpretations, it is a well-researched article that brings together a lot of hard-to-find evidence in a refreshingly coherent fashion.) Based on the title of the thesis, I wonder if the article I mention above wouldn't be much more in line with your interests anyway! --Robin _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume