Just an observation, the ethiopian religious artifact I have observed are also decorated with what celtic enthusiast friend of mine insist is celticc knotwork...the only thing is...it si definitelyEthoipian and old....Tres old...ya mihg wann investigate that.
Bambi (To be named ater) TBNL I am made for great things by GOD and walk with Pride!!!! Walladah bint al Mustakfi c 900ad (please correct me if i have the date wrong!) --- On Sun, 9/7/08, Suzanne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Suzanne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [h-cost] knotwork/strapwork [was "Mostra dei Costumi...] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, September 7, 2008, 12:39 PM 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: > > From: "Sharon Collier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: September 5, 2008 2:13:14 PM CDT > .... > > 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? > > -----Original Message----- > .... > Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 11:34 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [h-cost] "Mostra dei Costumi delle Armi e Degli Ornamenti del > Palio" > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
