Period, yes, and not necessarily just "Celtic" or "Italian" [those
being our terms and not what the artists might've called
themselves]. I'm currently working my way through a large book,
"Croatia in the early Middle Ages: a cultural survey," (1999, ISBN
0-85667-499-0) and have seen several examples of this decorative
style -- in stone, from the 8th to 11th centuries. The book
illustrations show pieces from the collections of museums in Zadar
and Split, on the Dalmatian coast.
http://www.zadar.hr/English/Zupanija/Muzeji.aspx
http://www.amzd.hr/index.php?lang=english
http://www.mdc.hr/split-arheoloski/eng/index.html
Based on what I've learned so far, I'd say that these are indeed
Croatian works of art and not just imports from cities in Italy. The
book is amazing, though sadly lacking in costume content. :-)
Suzanne
On Sep 6, 2008, at 1:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Date: September 5, 2008 2:13:14 PM CDT
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Not "Celtic knotwork", I'd say instead "Italian strapwork" (but
whether or
not it was period, I've no idea.) Was this for the Palio horserace,
maybe?
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Does anyone have any information, background or technical, on this
1993
exhibit of costume held in Legnano, Italy?
Looking at the pictures, I can not think that they were trying to
recreate
extant or known-from-MSS garb as the sources for the designs are
taken from
a variety of Byzantine, Anglo-Saxon, southern Italian (and did I
actually
see some Celtic knotwork?!) sources placed on a ground of basic
Norman
garb. I am knee-deep in research on this time and place, and nothing,
except Roger's mantle, of course, leaps out and says "I'm
attempting to be
the real thing."
_Odisseus / Ulysses Gallery_
(http://ranaan.altervista.org/html/SCA-Gallery.htm)
(The pictures on this page are taken, without attribution, from the
exhibition catalogue.)
I would very much like to know the purpose behind this exhibition
as the
question comes up frequently enough about the use of these costumes as
documentation.
Nancy
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