Thanks. I have the English translation, but I was a bit unhappy with it.
Beth
At 01:00 PM 11/1/2008, you wrote:
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 10:40:01 -0000
From: "Viv Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
You might be interested in this book - although it covers a much
wider period it has a good mediaeval section.
I bought myself a copy of "Rayures. une histoire et des tissus
rayes" because the illustrations were excellent and struggled
through enough of the French to get the basic idea. I was then
thrilled to find that a translation had been done "The Devil's
Cloth: A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric" - much smaller book,
far fewer illustrations and in black and white - I think the
complete text but my French is really not good enough to say for sure.
The French title is - Rayures: Une histoire des rayures et des
tissus rayes by Michel Pastoureau ISBN 2020236664. Publisher Seuil
(1995). It is out of print but Amazon has one copy available in the
USA at ?15.26.
The translation is - The Devil's Cloth: A History of Stripes and
Striped Fabric (European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought
and Cultural Criticism) ISBN 0231123663 . Columbia University Press
(2001). Amazon has plenty of copies starting from ?7.99.
Viv.
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