[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sorry, I thought the image was imbeded in the e-mail. I'll try again.
I don't think the list allows images or attachments. Can you send us a URL?
Like Mari, I have a suspicion. Several, in fact. There are some well-known
illuminations of women working a forge, mostly images from moral tales of
long-ago good women, or the blacksmith's wife who forged the nails for the
crucifixion, or some such. None of them, to my knowledge, are meant to be seen
as representing real women blacksmiths.
The image of a woman at a forge I see reproduced most (e.g. in some of the
Medieval Woman products) is from the allegorical romance Le Roman de la Rose.
I'd have to look up the context of the image, but I can assure you the figure
is not meant to be realistic. She has other symbolic elements to her dress,
too, including a sideless surcote and a bare head with long flowing hair.
--Robin
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