Medieval Clothing and Textiles 18
Cordelia Warr, Darrelyn Gunzburg, John Block Friedman, 183765185X, 9781837651856, 978-1-83765-185-6, 978-1837651856, 978-1-80543-305-7, 978-1805433057, 9781805433057
The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines.
The essays collected here continue the Journal's wide-ranging and eclectic tradition. Topics include literary evidence for linen armour; serial production in late medieval silks; the inventory of Isabella Bruce's bridal goods; the depiction of women textile workers in the frescoes of the Salone of the Palazzo della Ragione in Padua, Italy; ideal female beauty in the Middle Ages and the means used to attain and assess it; and social status as evidenced by clothing and textiles in the Scottish royal treasurer's accounts of the mid-sixteenth century.