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The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines.
The essays here continue in the Journal's tradition of drawing on a range of disciplines. Topics include evidence for dress in multicultural sixth-century Ravenna; the incidence of Byzantine and Oriental silks in ninth- tothirteenth-century Denmark; a new analysis of the chronology of and contexts for the French hood; an examination of the mysterious garment called a bliaut in French literature; a discussion of the vocabulary and loan wordsin Italian/Anglo-Norman mercantile transactions; and revelations that fashions in body hair were an important feature of women's appearance.
Contributors: John Block Friedman, Anne Hedeager Krag, Karen Margrethe Høskuldsson, Olga Magoula, Megan Tiddeman, Monica L. Wright
Contents
Multicultural Clothing in Sixth-Century Ravenna - Olga Magoula
Byzantine and Oriental Silks in Denmark, 800-1200 - Anne Hedeager Krag
The Bliaut: An Examination of the Evidence in French Literary Sources - Monica L. Wright
Eyebrows, Hairlines, and "Hairs Less in Sight": Female Depilation in Late Medieval Europe - John Block Friedman
Lexical Exchange with Italian in the Textile and Wool Trades in the Thirteenth to Fifteenth Centuries - Megan Tiddeman
Hidden in Plain Black: The Secrets of the French Hood - Karen Margrethe Høskuldsson
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