The woodcut of the woman spinning with the material to be spun up on her head under a band is found in Olaus Magnus' Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus as the Illustration for Liber Secvundvs, Cap. XVII. De luminibus, & tedis piceis, which is page 77 in the original version printed in 1555 in Rome. (In English as per the translation by Peter Fisher and Humphrey Higgens published in three volumes by The Hakluyt Society, London first volume publish in 1996 as Olaus Magnus - A Description of the Northern Peoples - 1555: Book Two, Chapter Seventeen, On lights, and torches of tar. Page 112 of Volume 1) The woodcut in my facimilie printed in 1972 by Roosenkilde and Bagger, Copenhagen, of the 1555 printing is approximately 2 inches high by 4 inches wide with ornamentals out the left and right sides.
Hope this helps, Anne Decker _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
