Following the Journal's tradition of drawing on a range of disciplines, the essays here also extend chronologically from the tenth through the sixteenth century and cover a wide geography: from Scandinavia to Spain, with stops in England and the Low Countries. They include an examination of the lexical items for banners in Beowulf, evidence of the use of curved template for the composition in the Bayeux Tapestry, a discussion of medieval cultivation of hemp for use in textiles in Sweden, a reading of the character of Lady Mede ('Piers Plowman') in the context of costume history, the historical context of the Spanish 'verdugados' (in English, the farthingale)and its use as political propaganda, an analysis of the sartorial imagery on a tabletop painting (attributed to Bosch) depicting the Seven Deadly Sins, and the reconstruction of one of the sixteenth-century London Livery companies' crowns.
Author(s): Monica L. Wright, Robin Netherton, Gale R. Owen-Crocker (eds.)
Publisher: The Boydell Press
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 236
City: Woodbridge
Illustrations vi
Tables ix
Contributors x
Preface xiii
1. Anglo-Saxon Banners and 'Beowulf' / M. Wendy Hennequin 1
2. The Use of Curved Templates in the Drawing of the Bayeux Tapestry / Maggie Kneen and Gale R. Owen-Crocker 31
3. Construction and Reconstruction of the Past: The Medieval Nordic Textile Heritage of Hemp / Git Skoglund 67
4. Historicizing the Allegorical Eye: Reading Lady Mede / John Slefinger 85
5. Sex, Lies, and 'Verdugados': Juana of Portugal and the Invention of Hoopskirts / Mark D. Johnston 101
6. Fashion and Material Culture in the 'Tabletop of the Seven Deadly Sins' Attributed to Hieronymus Bosch / John Block Friedman and Melanie Schuessler Bond 123
7. The Broderers’ Crown: The Examination and Reconstruction of a Sixteenth-Century City of London Livery Company Election Garland / Cynthia Jackson 163
Recent Books of Interest 205
Author Index, Volumes 1–15 217
