Clothing the past : : surviving garments from early medieval to early modern western Europe / / by Elizabeth Coatsworth, Gale R. Owen-Crocker.

• Author: Coatsworth, Elizabeth.
• TeilnehmendeR: Owen-Crocker, Gale R.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2017]
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (469 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) :; illustrations (some color), maps, tables
• Other title: Front Matter --; Copyright page /; /; Preface /; List of Illustrations /; The Authors /; Notes /; General Introduction /; Headgear: Hat, Cap, Hood, Mitre /; Outer Garments: Copes, Cloaks and Mantles /; The Priestly Outer Garment: Chasuble /; Body Garments of Wool and Linen: Tunic, Shirt, Alb /; Rich Body Garments: Bocksten, SwedenTunicTunic, Gown, Overgown, Vestment see_[i] Alb, AmiceDalmaticDalmatic and Tunicle /; Upper Body and Front Fastening Garments: Undergarment, Padded Garment, Coat-Like Garment /; Loin and Leg Coverings: Underpants, Hose, Sock, Buskin /; Minor Vestments: Stole, Maniple, Amice, Pallium, Ecclesiastical Girdle, Humeral Veil /; Footwear: Shoe, Boot, Slipper, Patten /; Accessories: Mitten, Glove, Secular Belt, Possible Headdress Decoration or Bocksten, SwedenCloak, Hood, HoseCloak Tailoring and shaping (garment costruction)tiesTies /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004352163
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Elizabeth Coatsworth, Gale R. Owen-Crocker.

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.