Full Description
An astonishing number of medieval garments survive, more-or-less complete. Here the authors present 100 items, ranging from homely to princely. The book's wide-ranging introduction discusses the circumstances in which garments have survived to the present; sets and collections; constructional and decorative techniques; iconography; inscriptions on garments; style and fashion. Detailed descriptions and discussions explain technique and ornament, investigate alleged associations with famous people (many of them spurious) and demonstrate, even when there are no known associations, how a garment may reveal its own biography: a story that can include repair, remaking, recycling; burial, resurrection and veneration; accidental loss or deliberate deposition.
The authors both have many publications in the field of medieval studies, including previous collaborations on medieval textiles such as Medieval Textiles of the British Isles AD 450-1100: an Annotated Bibliography (2007), the Encyclopedia of Medieval Dress and Textiles of the British Isles (2012) and online bibliographies.
Contents
Preface
List of Illustrations
The Authors
Note on Measurements
General Introduction
Origins of the Study
Scope of the Study
Circumstance of Survival of Complete (or Almost Complete) Garments
Life after Life/Afterlife
Sets and Collections of Garments
Weaves and Other Constructional Techniques; Non-Textile Materials; Embroidered Decoration
Inscriptions
Iconography
Every-day Wear
Style and Fashion
A Final Word
1 Headgear: Hat, Cap, Hood, Mitre
Introduction
1.1 Orkney Hood
1.2 Bocksten Hood
1.3 York Silk Hood or Cap
1.4 Cap of St Birgitta
1.5 Headdress from Dokkum-Berg Sion
1.6 Little Sampford Hat
1.7 Birette of Prince Fernando de la Cerda
1.8 Composite Mitre from Salzburg
1.9 Mitre with the Martyrdoms of St Thomas Becket and St Stephen
1.10 Jewelled Mitre of William of Wykeham
2 Outer Garments: Copes, Cloaks and Mantles
Introduction
2.1 'Star Mantle' of Emperor Henry II
2.2 'Coronation Mantle' of King Stephen of Hungary
2.3 Mantle of King Roger II of Sicily
2.4 Mantle of Philip of Swabia
2.5 Mantle of Emperor Otto IV
2.6 Mantle of Prince Fernando de la Cerda
2.7 Blue Mantle of St Kunigunde
2.8 Syon Cope
2.9 Hildesheim Cope
2.10 Butler-Bowdon Cope
3 The Priestly Outer Garment: Chasuble
Introduction
3.1 Bell Chasuble Attributed to St Willigilis
3.2 Bressanone (Brixen) Chasuble
3.3 Castel Sant'Elia Chasuble as Reliquary
3.4 Clare Chasuble
3.5 Melk Chasuble
3.6 Striped Egyptian Silk Chasuble
3.7 Erpingham Chasuble
3.8 Italian Voided Velvet Chasuble
3.9 Blue Wool Chasuble with Applied Embroidered Cross
3.10 Fiddleback Chasuble from Munich
4 Body Garments of Wool and Linen: Tunic, Shirt, Alb
Introduction
4.1 Bocksten Tunic
4.2 Greenland Gown with Short Sleeves
4.3 Greenland Gown with Buttoned Sleeves
4.4 Cowl of St Francis of Assisi
4.5 Shirt of St Louis
4.6 Alb Attributed to St Thomas Becket
4.7 Alb Attributed to St Bernulph of Utrecht
4.8 Embroidered Alb with Embroidered Apparels in Cologne
4.9 Alb with Embroidered Apparels in Munich
4.10 Lucera Alb with Embroidered Apparels
5 Rich Body Garments: Tunic, Gown, Overgown, Dalmatic and Tunicle
Introduction
5.1 Saya Encordata of Eleanor of Castile, Queen of Aragón
5.2 Pellote of Eleanor of Castile, Queen of Aragón
5.3 Striped Pellote of Don Fernando
5.4 Saya Encordata of Prince Fernando de La Cerda
5.5 'Golden Gown' of Queen Margaret
5.6 Dalmatic of St Ulrich
5.7 Mi-parti Dalmatic
5.8 Göss Dalmatic
5.9 Tunicle of Pere d'Urg
5.10 'Eagle Dalmatic' of the Holy Roman Empire
6 Upper Body and Front Fastening Garments: Undergarment, Padded Garment, Coat-Like Garment
Introduction
6.1 Bodice or Brassiere from Lengberg Castle, Nikolsdorf
6.2 Auqueton of the Blessed Isabelle of France
6.3 Rationale from Regensberg
6.4 Greenland Buttoned and Collared Gown
6.5 Rothwell Jack
6.6 Jupon or Coat-Armour of the Black Prince
6.7 Pourpoint of Charles of Blois
6.8 Pourpoint of Charles VI of France
6.9 Guibbone of Don Garçia de'Medici
6.10 Guibbone of Duke Cosimo I de'Medici
7 Loin and Leg Coverings: Underpants, Hose, Sock, Buskin
Introduction
7.1 Underpants from Lengberg Castle, Nikolsdorf
7.2 Bocksten Hose
7.3 Greenland Stocking
7.4 Garter from London
7.5 Sock from York
7.6 Sock from Uppsala
7.7 Buskins Attributed to St Germanus
7.8 Buskins of Pope Clement II
7.9 Buskins Attributed to St Dizier (Desiderius)
7.10 Buskins of Archbishop Hubert Walter
8 Minor Vestments: Stole, Maniple, Amice, Pallium, Ecclesiastical Girdle, Humeral Veil
Introduction
8.1 Belt of Ailbecunda
8.2 Belt of Witgar
8.3 Pallium with Embroidered Chi-Rho Emblem Associated with St Caesarius of Arles and Later Silk Casing
8.4 Pallium and Casing 'aux Lièvres' of Saint Caesarius of Arles
8.5 Matching Stole and Maniple from the Tomb of St Cuthbert
8.6 Maniple of St Ulrich
8.7 Heraldic Stole
8.8 Humeral Veil (?) from Maaseik, known as the Velamen of St Harlindis
8.9 Amice from Munich
8.10 Amice from Cologne
9 Footwear: Shoe, Boot, Slipper, Patten
Introduction
9.1 Pair of Shoes from Oseberg
9.2 Shoe Mounted on a Bone Skate, from York
9.3 London Shoe with Drawstring and Long Toe
9.4 Embroidered Shoe from Bryggen, Bergen
9.5 London Poulaine
9.6 London Patten
9.7 Boots from a Bog Burial Near Peiting
9.8 Shoes of St Germanus
9.9 Shoe Attributed to St Dizier (Desiderius)
9.10 Shoes of Archbishop Hubert Walter
10 Accessories: Mitten, Glove, Secular Belt, Possible Headdress Decoration or Cloak Ties
Introduction
10.1 Icelandic Naalbinding Mitten
10.2 Linked Woven Mittens from Iceland
10.3 Episcopal Gloves (St Sabinus Gloves) from Canosa
10.4 Bressanone (Brixen) Episcopal Gloves
10.5 Episcopal Gloves of William Warham
10.6 Reliquary Gloves of Blessed Christina von Stommeln
10.7 Heraldic Girdle of Fernando de la Cerda
10.8 Girdle of Philip of Swabia
10.9 Enamelled Girdle Associated with William of Wykeham
10.10 Possible Headband Decoration or Cloak Tie from the Tomb of St Cuthbert
Glossary
Index
