...ars sine scientia nihil est...

Hi all!

Archaeologia historica has put some of it's volumes online in PDF format, so here are the clothing-related ones I could find:
http://www.phil.muni.cz/waoa/home/publikacni-cinnost/publications/periodical/archaeologia-historica/archaeologia-historica-summary

Archaeologia historica 36(2) 20011
http://www.phil.muni.cz/waoa/home/Documents/ah/AH2011_2.pdf

Milena Bravermanová: "Fragment of a Funeral Dress and a Kruseler Veil from the Casket of Czech Queens in the Royal Tomb, St. Vitus Cathedral" / "Fragment pohřebních šatů a závoj, tzv. kruseler, z rakve českých královen z královské hrobky v katedrále sv. Víta"
pages 281-312, discusses a kruseler veil, another scarf, and a sleeveless surcote-looking garment that was believed to have had a separate, gathered skirt!

Archaeologia historica 35 (1-2) 2010
http://www.phil.muni.cz/waoa/home/Documents/ah/AH2010.pdf
Milena Bravermanová: "Funeral Attire of a Czech Queen from the Royal Tomb in St. Vitus Cathedral" / "Pohřební šaty jedné z českých královen z královské hrobky v katedrále sv. Víta"
pages 202-222, discusses a possible sleeveless surcote (it's unclear if there were originally sleeves or not), and a pillow.

Also of interest in volume 35...

Zdeněk Měřínský-Rudolf Procházka: "Some Aspects of Everyday and Festive Life of the Mediaeval Man in Moravia and Silesia" /"K některým aspektům každodenního a svátečního života středověkého člověka na Moravě a ve Slezsku"
pages 7-44

Tomáš Durdík: "Some Notes on Everyday Life in Czech Castles" / "Několik poznámek k české hradní každodennosti"
pages 45-62 -- puzzle jugs, what looks like a nutcracker, gaming pieces and other interesting things

Markéta Tymonová: "Archaeological Evidence of the Everyday Life of the Inhabitants of Cvilín Castle in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age" / "Archeologické doklady každodenního života obyvatel hradu Cvilína v období středověku a raného novověku"
pages 63-79

Zdeňka Měchurová: "The World of Mediaeval Children and Games in Archaeological Sources" / "Středověký svět dětí a her v archeologických pramenech"
pages 95- 107: plenty of whirligigs rattles and ceramics.

Petr Žákovský: "Fresco with a Motif of Wrestlers from Švihov Castle in the Context of the Development of European Combat Systems"/ "Freska s motivem zápasníků z hradu Švihova v kontextu vývoje evropských bojových systémů"
pages 310-332 - covers Fechbücher, sculpture, frescoes, manuscript images, and looks really interesting!

František Gabriel-Lucie Kracíková: "On the Function of Small Ceramic Sculptures"/"K funkci drobné keramické plastiky" pp. 225-232
Lots of images of ceramic 'dolls' or figurines, naturally enough wearing interesting clothes.

Čeněk Pavlík: "Dragons on Gothic and Renaissance Tiles, or the Magic World of the Imagination" / "Draci na kachlích gotiky a renesance aneb kouzelný svět fantazie" pages 273-301

Klaipeda University has put up more volumes of Archaeologia Baltica in PDF format:
http://www.ku.lt/leidykla/Archaeologia_BALTICA.php

You can only download the entire volume, not individual articles. eLABA does have some individual articles from 2006 and 2007, though.

Incidentally, Lietuvos virtuali Biblioteka (The Virtual Library of Lithuania) lets you search freely available journals if you click on the "e-žurnalai" link at the top right-hand side.
http://www.lvb.lt

This is interesting, I don't agree with all of their conclusions (I can't figure out how the paired brooches were worn), and I do wish they had updated the PDF after the competition with photos of the finished pieces, but it's great to see people trying different things. :)

The Oseberg Cart Woman - C.E. 800
http://www.expo-conv-svcs.com/Pennsic40/OsebergCartWomanFinal.pdf

Also, here is an English summary on the Skjoldehamn find:
http://www.expo-conv-svcs.com/Pennsic40/SkjoldehamnClassHandout.pdf

"Hoods, Mittens & Collars: Icelandic Clothing from the 15th to the 18th century"
http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/Haffenreffer/IcelandicClothing.htm

Cool photos, largely of reconstructions. Can't find any photos of the originals online though, so it'll just have to do! :)

In one of those moments of "why didn't I notice this before," here is an extract from:
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. 1717. "Signa Secundum Ordinem Cisterciensem" In: Collectanea etymologica (Hanover); pp. 384–408

According to page 70 of Wilhelm Wundt's The Language of Gesture, (Walter de Gruyter):

"Leibniz left us two volumes cataloguing the Cistercian gestures: a Latin one with no indication of its origin, and a Low German one from the former monastery of Lockum (Loccum, in Lower Saxony, founded in 1163). The Latin register counts 143 examples, the Lockum one 145 examples of gestures."

I've never tried to translate Low German before, so we'll see how I go... I think the answer is 'not very well' - if anyone can suggest resources I could refer to, it'd be appreciated!

Updated, now with extra catsidhe-added goodness!
( Signs no. 1-26 )

The only hint I've found for Dünningen comes from the 1650 Lettisches und Teutsches Wörterbuch, which has die Schläffe, dünningen., which may be schlaff of saggy, loose, limp, flaccid... or die Schläfen, the temples (on the head). I think it's temple.

I am spending most of my time at the moment in places with no mobile phone reception, let alone internet access. I know I am missing large chunks of people's postings on Livejournal and Dreamwith (not apologising for Facebook, I'm never on top of that), so if there is anything people desperately want me to read, let me know in the comments!

I followed a banner ad, and found this: http://www.reenactorsrepertoire.com/index.php

Looks interesting?

This isn't my period of interest at all, so I'm not sure what to make of it, but doesn't it look like a Renn-Faire-esque low-cut wench bodice?

Tomb of Dame Mary Evre, 1612

Full-length photos:
http://www.davidkennardphotography.com/photos/164-Tomb-of-Dame-Mary-Evre.xhtml
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bettsy1970/4124692773/

Close-up:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oxfordshire_church_photos/141246914/

Found while browsing the effigy sculptures at http://plainattyre.blogspot.com.au/

This is not how you do it.

Let's start with part 1 of the Norwegian clothing guide, because I have a personal interest in it.

Page 1
Norwegian Viking Clothing
http://ydalir-laget.pl/norwegia.html & plus [sic] additional photos added in by Jenny Baker
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The majority of this stuff is copied off the internet, it's not like it would be difficult to note down the URL as you go. Or even look up sentences in google if you lost your bookmark. This sort of laziness passed off as research really pisses me off.

It looks like I'll be running a class on (at least one) manual alphabet(s), and I'm wondering what you would want to know.

Lots on the historical background and not so much on the actual alphabets (in which case, it'd be the forebearer of modern one-handed fingerspelling)? Or do you want a brief run down on the history, and information on lots of different alphabets (Starting with Bede's fingercounting cipher, up to the 17th century Digiti Lingua and the first two-handed manual alphabets used today in Australia & New Zealand)? Something in between? A focus on their use as mnemonics? in early education of deaf children? Their use in religious orders?

Let me know!