[h-cost] Finding information:

2008-02-20 Thread ladybeanofbunny1
Hello everyone, I have just been observing your posts to one another, fascinated by the topics. Earlier periods aren't quite my interest but I find the bits of knowledge you contain very interesting. That is my second problem as a costumer, scholarly research. Aside from going onto websites

RE: [h-cost] repeated posts

2008-02-20 Thread zelda crusher
Is it just me, or has everyone received these last three posts several times? Laurie Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:31:42 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] Money weights in accounts CC:At 01:43 19/02/2008, you wrote:the foreparte of the

Re: [h-cost] repeated posts

2008-02-20 Thread Lynn Downward
I see you haven't received a response in the past 4 hours. I only received it once. LynnD On 2/20/08, zelda crusher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it just me, or has everyone received these last three posts several times? Laurie Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:31:42 -0800 From: [EMAIL

Re: [h-cost] Finding information

2008-02-20 Thread Chris Laning
Justine wrote: ...That is my second problem as a costumer, scholarly research. Aside from going onto websites and reading in timeline books where all the information is already researched and digested for others to read, which is my main source of learning, where do you find this stuff? The

[h-cost] looking for tudor/elizabethan references

2008-02-20 Thread Pixel, Goddess and Queen
Help!! My consort and I are preparing a class about visual sources and why they should not be taken as 100% gospel when doing costuming research, and as usual once I get past about 1300 I hit a snag. :-) If you want to discourse on the changes in sleeve geometry from 1200 to 1300 in England

Re: [h-cost] Finding information

2008-02-20 Thread AnnBWass
In a message dated 2/20/2008 4:50:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The only thing I have thought of is to go to a library but than I wonder, where to begin digging deep into the collection to find original sources of info. The notes in secondary sources should

Re: [h-cost] looking for tudor/elizabethan references

2008-02-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Janet Arnold has some excellent examples of this in her book A Handbook of Costume. One really good example is on pages 22-23 where she compares 4 different portraits of Jane Seymour where, although all clearly intended to be the same outfit, there are significant differences in the details.

Re: [h-cost] Mari to the white courtesy phone

2008-02-20 Thread Chris Laning
(answered privately) On Feb 19, 2008, at 4:33 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is Mari Alexander on this list? Emma ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] looking for tudor/elizabethan references

2008-02-20 Thread margaret
This is not Tudor or Elizabethan, but Bronzino did at leasttwo of the same person in the same dress with different sleeves. Margaret Help!! My consort and I are preparing a class about visual sources and why they should not be taken as 100% gospel when doing costuming research, and as

Re: [h-cost] Finding information

2008-02-20 Thread michaela de bruce
The notes in secondary sources should send you to the primary sources, many of which you may have access to--see below. This is probably the first best way to start out:) I also recommend finding out what Inter-library Loan (ILL) scheme your local library has. Some books you request will not