Oh WOW, Robin!!! This looks so cool! :D When will it be available?
May I pass this along to some of my local and kingdom lists? WOO-HOO!! :-) Arlys On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:12:38 -0500 (CDT) Robin Netherton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Someone asked me about the editing on "Scandinavian archaeological > textiles" I'm in the middle of, and it occurred to me you all might > like a > sneak peek of the tentative contents of Vol. 4 (2008) of Medieval > Clothing > and Textiles. > > Flax/linen production in medieval Russia > References to scarlet clothing in Norse sagas > The connection between Italian and Anglo-Saxon terms for "wimple" > Linguistic background of "coif/cuff" > Analysis of an extant 14th c. coif > A visual classification method for archaeological textiles > The "Greenland gown" and mainland European fashion > Women's turbans in 15th c. French illuminations > Henry VIII's quilts > > So, the usual range of disciplines (art, literature, archaeology, > language, history, fashion study), periods (Anglo-Saxon to Tudor), > and > places (Russia, Scandinavia, France, England, Italy). We've also > noticed > that each volume seems to develop "clusters" in certain topics; this > seems > to be the one for Scandinavia, archaeology, and headgear. > > (Yes, the Greenland gown paper is mine, the long-promised > publication > based on my lecture on this topic, which some of you have heard. > Even now > I wish I could do more on it, but I just don't have time to read all > the > books I want to read...) > > Of course this all assumes I don't go mad. I'm in the midst of > copyediting > footnotes in at least eight languages, written by people whose > native > languages are (respectively) Italian, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, > and > Swedish as well as English. A little much for someone with only > French, > though it's odd to realize I'm understanding more and more of the > Danish > and Norwegian at first glance. > > --Robin > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
