Cathy wrote, in response to my request earlier:
> Here's some that occur to me, focused as I am on the early
> part of the period you cite:
>
> peplos
> diamond twill
> lozenge twill
> broken lozenge twill
> use of beads in costume
> use of embroidery in costume
> veils
> warp-weighted loom
> horizontal loom
> linen
> linen production
> dyes
> madder
> nalbinding (the "Coppergate sock" could be an entry as well)
This is exactly the sort of list I was hoping for! I think, though, from the
responses that have been coming to me privately (and the absence of reply on
the list) I wasn't clear enough in my first post. So I'll try again, more
directly.
I'm one of a team of editors working on a new, big, important project (yes,
there's already a publisher committed) to create an encyclopedia of dress and
textiles in Britain, 450-1450. Right now we're developing the master list of
headwords that will define the entire arrangement of the encyclopedia. And we
know we won't think of everything ourselves.
So I'm asking those of you who work in medieval clothing -- the potential users
of this reference book -- what you'd like to see in it. I need, specifically,
terms that you might want to look up, like Cathy provided above.
This might include anything from large overviews ("headwear") to articles on
specific terms or garments ("wimple," "hood"); social and economic issues
("sumptuary law," "guilds"); techniques ("gore," "couching"); important sources
and artifacts ("Bayeux tapestry," "Black Prince’s surcote"), or anything else
related to dress and textiles or the study thereof -- as long as it's connected
to the British Isles (including Ireland), 450-1450.
And as long as we’re making a wish list, if there’s a particular living scholar
you wish would be the author of an article -- the person you’d consider the
world's expert on that topic –- tell me that too. We already have some of the
field's top scholars involved, and we don't want to overlook anyone.
Replies to me are OK, to the list is better (partly because it might promote
brainstorming, but also because some people have reported some erratic bouncing
of my mail!).
A bribe: To anyone who gives me a helpful response, I will send a discount
coupon for certain much-desired books in medieval dress and textile study from
my publisher.
Please do not forward this message to other lists. You may forward to specific
individuals with interest in the topic if you send this entire message.
Thanks again,
Robin
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