On Wednesday 13 June 2007, Jodi Nelson wrote: > I am looking for evidence of clothing made of silk in 9th-11th C Viking > society. Any ideas where I should look? >
The only evidence I know of of actual Viking garments *made* of silk (as opposed to being trimmed with silk) are some of the headwear found at the Dublin and Coppergate digs. Elizabeth Wincott Heckett wrote about the Dublin finds in this book, which is available from Amazon Marketplace: Viking Age Headcoverings From Dublin (Medieval Dublin Excavations) (Hardcover) by Elizabeth Wincott Heckett. # Hardcover: 152 pages # Publisher: Royal Irish Academy (December 2003) # Language: English # ISBN-10: 0954385551 # ISBN-13: 978-0954385552 Probably the Coppergate cap is written up in Penelope Walton Rogers's book on the textile finds at that site: Textiles, Cordage and Raw Fibre from 16-22 Coppergate (The Archaeology of York) # Publisher: Council for British Archaeology (1989) # ISBN-10: 0906780799 # ISBN-13: 978-0906780794 I haven't been able to find this book (it's out of print) but ILL should turn up a copy. -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "You've got to have the proper amount of disrespect for what you do." -- George Mabry _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
