Robin,
I only know of Talavera from the quotations in Anderson's book. I
think of him as the Spanish equivalent of Philip Stubbes (even though
Talavera was writing 90 years earlier). I suppose he focused on
fashion only when warning his patrons against it. ;-) I didn't find
anything in my college library... but I'll keep looking. (My husband
googled him and found entries in the Jewish Encyclopedia and the
omnipresent Wikipedia, FWIW.) There was a reference to another,
slightly earlier, work that had Talavera in the title but it didn't
seem to be by or about Fernando de Talavera -- it does however have
something to do with "women" "love" and "misogyny" if you believe the
subject headings.
Sorry it's just trivia!
Suzanne
On Jan 14, 2008, at 4:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Robin Netherton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: January 14, 2008 4:29:34 PM CST
To: Historic Costume List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [h-cost] Help interpreting a source, 1340 Spain
One of my colleagues tossed me a couple of questions that are way
out of my area. I reproduce them below, with his permission.
2. He also asks, "Have you ever used Talavera? He seems obsessed
primarily with royal excess and I wonder how reliable he is on
earlier bourgeois costume." He adds, at my request for explanation,
that "Talavera was the confessor to Isabel and Archbishop of
Grenada. He wrote a famous account of Spanish fashion very detailed
and full of criticism of excess."
Help on either most gratefully accepted; I will pass responses on
to my colleague.
Thanks,
Robin
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