You'll need to brush up on your Danish, but good stuff none the less. Nancy/Ingvild ____________________________________ From: [email protected] Reply-to: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: 1/23/2010 4:12:42 A.M. Eastern Standard Time Subj: [MEDTC-DISCUSS] Digest Number 159
Thanks to Camilla Luise Dahl for providing the English summaries. Current issue of a Danish dress journal Dragtjournalen, an e-zine published by Dragtpuljen and www.dragt.dk. Dragtjournalen - Vol. 3 #4 - 2009 (PDF - 2.5 mb) http://www.dragt.dk/dragt-journal/dragtjournalen.html Østergård, Else. "Glimt fra hørrens 1000-årige historie – set ud fra arkæologiske og recente fund Bilag" pp. 3-18. (Linen textiles in 1000 years, about archaeological finds and preserved linen textiles in Danish museums, short history of linen and it's first appearance in Denmark centuries later, some of the oldest fragments of woven linen in Denmark dates to the 6-7th century (Fig. 1), the article also describe the few linen textiles found in Greenland, found in the excavated farmhouses of the Northern settlers, the fragments are dating from 982-15th century. Among the latest textiles, Østergård explores the fine linen textiles from the tomb of the Earl of Bothwell, who died in Denmark in 1578) Rosendahl, Linda. "Kläder och textil i räkenskapsböcker från 1400-tallet – Två senmedeltida godsherrars utbetalningar av löner samt inköp av tyg och färdiga persedlar" pp. 19-39. (Cloth and clothing mentioned in the account books of two wealthy noblemen from the 15th century, one Danish and one Swedish, the article looks into the different types of cloth and clothing used by the landlords themselves and the clothing and cloth given to servants in the household) Short articles: Drews, Bjarne. "Om at rekonstruere dragter til museer", pp. 40-45. (about reconstructing/constructing historical dresses for museum use, the making of an 18th century gown for Selsø¸ Herregård Museum) Dahl, Camilla Luise. "Med klimt og klang - om klokker i klædedragten". pp. 46-51. (Explores the use of bells and similar in medieval dress, written accounts such as the accounts of Kalmar Union queen Margaret I (d. 1412) mentions belts with bells, the queen's belt of 20 pieces with 52 bells in chains is far from the more modest belt with just 5 bells seen on her tomb) Dahl, Camilla Luise & Jones, Dorothy. 'Da “både” var på mode'. pp. 52-58. (about a type of female headwear known as "boat" that became the height of fashion in second half of the 17th century) Mathiassen, Tove Engelhardt. "Adeline Genée-Isitts brudekjole i Den Gamle By". pp. 59-62. (The wedding dress of ballet dancer Adeline Genée-Isitt born Annine Jensen, wife of the duke of Newcastle, dated 1910. The wedding dress is now at the Den Gamle By in Århus Museum in Denmark) Varia: Dahl, Camilla Luise. "Løsøret efter Karenn Tomaßdaathers Skriffuers, Vordingborg, 25. okt. 1638". pp. 63-67. "Skiftet efter Amtmandinde Mette Margrethe Westh, f. Sonne. Rønne, 1. Dec. 1774". pp. 68-72. "Skiftet efter Kammerjunker Hans Ahrenfeld, Kbh. 22. maj 1702". pp. 73-75. (Transcript of the probate records of Karen Skrivers 1638, Mette Westh 1774 and Hans Ahrenfeld 1702.) _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
