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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Guido, one of the strangest things I found during my research was that while > there are definitely 6-sided tablets shown in medieval illuminations, I did > not found any existing remains of bands woven with 6-sided tablets, at least > of the brocaded variety. I wondered if the illuminators were taking artistic > license, especially since they also show 8-sided tablets but no "normal" > 4-sided tablets. > Well that is indeed a strange thing. As I do only have "secondary" illustrations on tablet weaving (e.g. in your book Nancy or TTW) it is hard for me to see details on these illustrations. But it is a very interesting point you mention - as far as I read up to now, most (or even all?) tablet founds very 4-sided (either rectangular or even square). The only thing I could remember (I am not an expert in the historical aspects of TW) are 4-sided tablet with a variety of holes, mentioned in TTW, while most of 4-sided tablets found have 4 holes. Do I understand that topic right? - On the one hand, historic illustrations show seldom 4-sided tablets, on the other hand, most archeological findings are woven with 4-sided tablets? Guido Send private reply to Guido Gehlhaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop receiving tabletweaving (not tabletweaving-digest), send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: unsubscribe tabletweaving. To stop receiving tabletweaving-digest, see the end of a digest.
