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25
Aug
2010
books… just for fun :)
…got my copy of “Unseen Academicals” written by Terry Pratchett today… can’t wait to start reading it tomorrow 
…yeah, sometimes I love to travel to the Discworld 
22
Aug
2010
Drachenwald – we have dragons ;) – some project ideas :)
…my mind started working at this project again – imagination is the key and a good collection of photos of medieval purses helps also a little 
I found a painted picture with a trapezoidal purse with “Fransen” (fringes) at the bottom – see the Manesse Liederhandschrift ‘Herr Dietmar von Ast’, the purse on the right – and therefore I am thinking about to add some colored fringes at the bottom like the one found at the bottom of the book pouch on display at the Schloss Gottorf and which technique I described here: …my opinion on the stitches to create this trim… Raca’s 5cents
btw. with the help of Master Giano, who found the book “Webereien und Stickereien des Mittelalters”
– I could support my guess of this technique (page 116 – “Z 30. Fransen.”)
You can find this kind of colored fringes also as a border decoration for big Klosterstich wallhangings (Teppich: Die Wurzel Jesse, Kloster Lüne, dated 1503, vollendet 1505), Klosterstich “Banklaken” (Banklaken des heiligen Bartholomäus, Kloster Lüne, dated 1492), even for woven “Banklaken” (Pelikan-Banklaken, Kloster Lüne, 1500), cross-stitch “Fürleger” (Kloster Lüne, about 1500) …take a look into the small booklet Bildstickereien des Mittelalters in Kloster Lüne. Die bibliophilen Taschenbücher
a very small but also a great book!
I also think about adding a yellow border of yellow wool or silk and to embroider “Drachenwald” – above the embroidery section – and “We have Dragons” underneath the embroidery section… and also to add some small pearl embroidery at the border because I found a photo of a pouch with lovley small pearl (maybe glass bead) embroidery looking like small blossoms…
soooooo many ideas… soon you will see which of this ideas I will realise
17
Aug
2010
New book – Ars Austriae (8th – 16th century)
…recently I took a walk and found this book at a music shop – I thought that I can give it a better home…
Size of the book about A4 – the book starts with 27 pages of German text and photos of some lovely items B.C. / before Christ – about 244 pages with pictures of Austrian art from B.C. until the last century.
I took some photos for you from the very versatile content:
photo page 14 & 15
left: Der Evangelist Johannes – Cutbericht Evangeliar um 800 n. Chr. (about 800 AD)
right: Der Adler des Evangelisten Johannes – Codex Millenarius um 800 n. Chr.
photo page 6
a very lovely item: Der Tassilokelch – Kremsmünster um (about) 777-788
photo page 30 &31
left: Grablegung Christi und Magdalena vor Christus – Salzburger Antiphonar um (about) 1150
right: Reiterkampf und Tod des Saul und des Jonathan – Admonter Riesenbibel um 1140
photo page 33 & 34
top: Westempore im Dome von Gurk um (about) 1220
bottom: Der Sündenfall – Fresko im Dome von Gurk um 1220
photo page 35 & 36
left: Maria auf dem Throne Salomonis – Fresko im Dom von Gurk um (about) 1220
right: Heilige Magdalena – Glasscheibe aus Weitensfeld um 1160
photo page 38 & 39
left: Der Wiltener Kelch um (about) 1160
right: Die Patene des Wiltener Kelches um 1160
photo page 59 & 60
left: Wiener Bildhauer – Herzog Rudolph IV. und seine Gemahlin um 1380
right: Der Meister der Herzogsscheiben – Die Könige Rudolph und Albrecht – Ende des 14. Jahrhunderst (end of 14th century)
photo page 67
Der Sturz des Saulus – Singertor des Stephansdomes 1370-1380
photo page 68
Hans von Tübingen – Votivtafel aus St. Lambrecht um 1430
photo page 85 & 86
left: Michael Pachler – Hl. Florian St. Wolfganger Altar
right: Der Meister des Altares von Kefermarkt – Der Hl. Florian
photo page 118 & 119
left: Gilg Sesselschreiber – Maria von Burgund 1516
right: Gilg Sesselschreiber – Rudolph von Habsburg 1517
…and many other photos – another very nice book for my bookshelf:)
10
Jul
2010
new book – Italienische Reise (In Italy)
This book is another one of the 5 books which I found among the books sold at the liquidation:
In Italy
English
Italienische Reise. Kunst, Kultur, Landschaften
by Roloff Beny (copyright 1974/1975)
translation into German
174 color pictures, 122 b/w photos & 19 drawings/maps.
…a really beautiful journey through italy with the help of very lovely photos and here is a small selection of my favourite photos:
…detail door of the grave of Bohemond, Canosa di Puglia, 12th century…
…last judgement, ‘Baserelief’, early 14th century, face of the building of the cathedral of Orvieto…
…church Pomposa, 11th century…
…lady with flowers, possibly by Verrocchio (1435-1488), national museum, Bargello, Florenz…
…one page of the Tabulae Astrologiae from I. Blanchinius; Biblioteca comunale ariostea, Ferrera…
…Castello of Mantua, Provinz Cuneo – the famous fresco with the heroines – one of the best pictures I saw since Mistress Eufemia told me about this fresco and showed me a small booklet which she bought when she visited the castle – unfortunately it shows only 3 of the 9 heroines – I am very looking forward to get good color pictures of all 9 heroines one day …
…left: earl Gaston de Foix, 1525 by Bambaia (1483-1548) left unfinished, Castello Sforzesco, Milano…
…Beatrice d’Este, wife of Lodovico Sforza, by Christoforo Solari, 1498, Certosa, Pavia…
…church San Zeno, Verona, 12th century (portal done by German artisans)…
…detail of the altar of Ratchis, Cividale del Friuli, 8th century…
…frescos signed by Jakob Sunter, late 15th century, at the ceiling of the cross-coat of the Dom, Brixen…
…I hope you enjoyed this small journey through Italy as much as I did – I really can highly recommend this nice book with many photos of the rather modern and the very old Italy
8
Jul
2010
new book – Das ist unser Jahrhundert (this is our century)
Today I ran into a liquidation – it really took me by surprise, normally I never have the luck to be at the right place at the right time… – and I found 5 nice books for 10€ and even could get a 1€ discount *lol*. The first book has nothing to do with the medieval time but I like it so much that I want to let you know about it:
das ist unser jahrhundert – profil einer Epoche in Bildern und Dokumenten
written by Alfred Cattani 1966
(German language)
Fretz und Wasmuth Verlag AG, Zürich / Stuttgart
Translation: this is our century – profile of an era in pictures and documents
…very interesting pictures of the 20th century – especially some of the last ones:
…on the left side a typical office during the turn of the century – on the right side English office workers working at punch card machines
…within 60years aviation changed very much: Swiss aviation pioneers before 1914 at the top left, underneath the “Hindenburg” disaster (May 1937) and at the right side a picture of the San Francisco Airport…
…the change of the interior design…
…from the market to the department store…
…the changing rank of the women – left top: Mrs. Despard holding a speech at Trafalgar Square in London, underneath: the police is arresting Lady Pankhurst, right top: “Suffragettendemonstration” 1908 and underneath: two women wearing the traditional wig to be sworn in their office as judge of the House of Lords (I hope this try of translation is not completely wrong)
…the change of the fashion…
I hope you enjoyed this small time travel
8
Jul
2010
FAQ – embroidered hood with dagging… pattern & embroidery
I was asked several times now, from where I got my pattern for my embroidered hood with dagging – it’s really quite easy if you have this book:
The Medieval Tailor’s Assistant: Making Common Garments 1200-1500
page 193
“2. Pattern for Fig 1″
Yes, I know, many people say that the patterns in this book aren’t authentic and/or not accurate – but I tried this pattern and it works very well – it’s a rather easy pattern and I think it’s rather easy to sew especially if you are a beginner concerning sewing…
…btw. I already have a book with ‘A’ patterns and a refitted medieval pattern of a hood from a lady in Aarnimetsä (Finland), but that’s another project – will tell you more about as soon as I start this project
I just followed the instruction in the book, added more fabric for the Liripipe and the Face opening and for the dagging – you can find many photos of the progress of my hood here:
Racaire’s embroidery – Hood with Dagging
…and here the inspiration for the embroidery:
2
Jul
2010
new book – SchatzKunst 800 bis 1800
Recently I found this big book for a rather small price at a book shop.
Schatzkunst 800 bis 1800
about 400 pages, ISBN 3-932353-54-4
Staatliche Museen Kassel
It covers a rather long period – 800 until 1800 – but you can find some rather interesting items inside – for example:
1) Byzantinischer Goldohrring – early 7th century
2) Abdallah-Löwe (Fatimidischer Brunnenlöwe) – Bildhauer Abdallah – Egypt or Sicily, 10/11th century
3) Romanische Durchbruchsarbeit (Opus interrasile) – Fritzlar or Fulda, about 1060/80
4) Drachenleuchter – Lothringen, 12/13th century (see the first picture on the left)
5) Kruzifikus – Mittelrhein- oder Maasgebiet, 1st half 12th century
6) Handwaschschale – Rhein-Maas-Gebiet, 2nd half 12th century
7) Marien-Diptychon – Paris, about 1320/30, Ivory, carved (see the picture on the right)
Brakteat mit Bildnis Ludwigs IV und Elisabeths von Thüringen – Niederhessen, before 1240, silver
9) Kamee mit Erzengel Michael – Byzantinisch, 1st half 13th century, frame 18th century
10) “Aleppo-Becher” (Islamisches Goldemailglas) – Syria (Aleppo?) or Egypt, 2nd half 13th century
11) Zwei Jagdfässchen – France, 1st half 14th century
12) Minnekästchen – Cologne, about 1350 (see the photo underneath)
13) Einbaumtruhe – Hersfeld, 1st half 15th century
14) Daunscher Willkomm (Hoher Pokal) – Germany, 1st half 15th century, frame 1517 and 1652 (picture on the left)
15) “Die Erde von Indien” (Seladonschale) – China, maybe Longquan, early Ming-time (late 14th/ early 15th century) frame: Mittelrhein about 1434 and 1453
16) Katzenelnbogischer Willkomm (Schenkkammer) – maybe Rheingebiet (Cologne?), 2nd quarter 15th century, before 1453
17) Büste einer Ordensfrau (Heilige Gertrud von Altenberg?) – Fritzlar, middle 14th century, sand stone
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21) “Ahnaberger Altar” – Sog. Meister des Ahnaberger Altars, Niedersachsen, about 1430/40
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23) “Hersfelder Altar” – Nachfolger des Erfurter Regler-Meisters, Erfurt, about 1480
24) Boabdil-Schwert (Maurisches “Jineta”-Schwert) – Granada, Nasrid-Periode, 15th century
25) Geweihtes Papstschwert Wilhelms I. – Hieronymus von Sutri, Rom, 1490
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30) Sickingenbecher – Speyer, 1519
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37) Mundgläser Philipps des Großmütigen und Wilhelms des Weisen – Kelchglas, Hessen, after 1537, Tiefgrünes Waldglas
38) Drei Fadengläser – Francisco Warisco, Kassel, 1583/84, Entfärbtes Fadenglas (vasa a ritorti)
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42) Hutschnur Ludwig IV. zu Oberhessen – Germany, end 16th century
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67) Zwei Doppelkämme – South France, about 1600 (picture on the right)
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2
Jul
2010
12th, 13th & 14th Scroll – AoA (blank)
Maybe some of you remember that I sent away my AoA scroll blanks some time ago to our Kingdom Signet Clerk (see the “AoA Scrolls” for more info) – now our Kingdom Signet Clerk – for the kingdom of Drachenwald (Europe, middle East & South Africa) – changed.
Lady Trinite, who did a great job, passed the office to Lady Aryanhwy and I am quite sure she will also do a great job too Recently Aryanhwy contacted me concerning my AoA blanks and I was very sad because I had to tell her that they were already sent out and possibly also already used… 
…and therefore I decided to start working at another bundle of blank AoA scrolls – since I finished the calligraphy for the Guild Charter – I admit I am still very proud of this piece of work – I try to practise my “Bastarda” hand with at least one (AoA blank) scroll every month or every two months… and this week I had a nice calligraphy ‘run’ *lol* and finished already three new blank AoA scrolls…
…and I started to make a small makers mark “R” and to include it in my pen work where possible…
The “L” initial is inspired by a lovely document which can be found in the catalogue of the ‘Karl der Kühne’/'Charles the Bold’ exhibition:
- Splendour of the Burgundian Court: Charles the Bold (1433-1477)
- Karl der Kühne (1433-1477): Kunst, Krieg und Hofkultur
…and the pen work is inspired by the artwork of the famous Albrecht Dürer – I have a rather old book with many pictures and I try to copy and reassemble some of his pictures to enrich my blank AoA scrolls…
…btw. Lady Aryanhwy is the nice lady who supported me and made the lovely calligraphy for my second AoA scroll
…interesting link: Dragon’s Scriptorium
If you have ever thought to try some calligraphy and/or illumination – please don’t hesitate and ask our Kingdom Signet Clerk, or the next scribe and/or illuminator you know…, like me, Mistress Bridget or Mistress Melisande for example – it’s really a lot of fun and if you like to paint or to write it’s also quite easy with some practise – there are also some nice handouts for beginners out there including scroll wordings… – I got my starting pack including beginner handout from Mistress Bridget and I still use and love it… – and there is also always a great need of scrolls…
10
Jun
2010
Kiriel’s amazing “Textiles” folder on flickr! – addition: guess the embroidery stitches
Addition to my “Kiriel’s amazing “Textiles” folder on flickr! ” posting:
Machteld from “Medieval Silkwork” just posted an addition to my posting:
14th century heraldic pouches: what type of stitch is this?
…and she included some photos of similar pouches she found at the Bildindex – you should really check her posting, if you are interested in this kind of pouches…
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Btw. my ideas – without a detail photo of the stitch – so far:
- Long Arm Cross Stitch (like used at parts of the Gösser Ornat – on display here at the MAK)
- The Stitch like used for the pouch – see photo at the right & my posting “new book – Codex Manesse …lovely hairnets and alms pouch inside “, also used for the Gösser Ornat – sorry, don’t remember the German name for this stitch…
- The Stitch used for an embroidery on display at the ‘Bayrisches Nationalmuseum’ – worked similar like a Satin Stitch – one row worked in one direction, the next one mirrored – this stitch looks very similar to chain stitch
…btw. I attended two embroidery workshops at the bawarian national museum and the lady who hold the workshop pointed out that it definitly isn’t worked in chain stitch and I really can support it – yeah, authors of embroidery books can make mistakes and that’s one…
…and here the photos of this embroidery, including a detail photo:
…it – the blue embroidery – really looks like chain stitch, doesn’t it? …but it isn’t chain stitch!
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I hope I will get more information about the pouch – I especially love the small raised embroidered bars inbetween the embroidery to separate the coat of arms sections, the small birds and the border embroidery… *megasigh*
8
Jun
2010
new book – “Kleidung im Mittelalter”
A friend of mine, Katrin Kania, recently published her dissertation:
Kleidung im Mittelalter:
Materialien – Konstruktion – Nähtechnik.
Ein Handbuch
Unfortunately for a great part of my readers the book is written in German, but if you are interested into clothing through the medieval age and its construction, used materials, sewing techniques,… and can read German, I am sure you’ll have a great time with about 500 pages (including an English summary: page 482 – 504)
btw. you can find a nice review in German about this book here: http://www.huscarl.at/rezensionen45.php
Maybe you already know Katrin Kania’s blog and if not, you should check it out: “a stitch in time”
2
Jun
2010
just a short info about the history of needle lace / Nadelspitze
I really like needlelace and therefore from time to time I try to learn a new technique or stitch because I think it’s a lovely and funny art – if you ever saw some of this lovely girls, boys, lords, ladies, animals,… worked in needlelace you will most likely agree with me.
First I just wanted to show you the technique/stitches I used for my blackberry cover (please don’t worry, I will post about them during the next days) and than I remembered that some people think that lace is just a ‘modern’ art, or “out of period” (after the 16th century) like some SCA-members would call it – therefore I decided to have a look inside my books and dig out what I can find about the lace “in period” (before 17th century) and here the information I found (including the reference if you are interested to read more about it):
You can find a short story about lace in the booklet:
- “Alte Spitzen, Gestricke und Stickereien”
– Förderverein Textilmuseum Neumünster:
page 20+ / Kurze Geschichte der Spitze:
The main focus here is at ‘Nadelspitze’ (needle lace) and ‘Klöppelspitze’ (bobbin/pillow lace) – according to the text the first laces were sewed and tongued (?) during the 15th century. The text furthermore tells that lace originally was a kind of “Randabschluß” (I think the best translation for it is border decoration/finish). To prevent fraying at “Schnittkanten” (cut selvedge?) two methods are possible: the hem or the knotted/tied or the braided fringe. The hem represents the beginning of the needle lace – the fringe represents the beginning for the bobbin/pillow lace, “Macraméspitze” and “Posamente”. During the time the needle lace disconnected from the “Gewebekante” (hem/selvedge) and is a so to speak independent hem decoration. To reach such a high level many development stages were required like “Durchbruch” & “Doppeldurchbruch”.
Early examples for this techniques were found in Egyptian graves of the 11th century – the free spaces resulting from the “Doppeldurchbruch” could be filled with all kinds of “Zierstiche” (ornamental stitches).
page 21+ / Italien:
From such techniques the way to the first free-hand needle lace, Reticella, wasn’t a long way. The development of Reticella was in the first half of the 16th century. …
page 23+ / Niederlande:
The author assumes that bobbin lace started during the second third of the 16th century. Besides bobbin lace – especially in ‘Brüssel’ (Brussels) – there was also a production of needle laces. …
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If you are looking for another book about laces I can also recommend:
Marie Schuette also refers to the cut selvedge and the need to prevent the fabric from fraying as the beginning of needle lace and bobbin lace. To prevent the fabric from fraying, the threads of the fabric cut off from the loom or the warp threads of the fabric from the loom have to be saved and that can be achieved by a sewed hem or by knotting the freely suspended warp threads. As also stated in the booklet “Alte Spitzen, Gestricke und Stickereien” the first method represents the beginning of needle lace and the other one the beginning for the bobbin lace.
Aesthetical needs joined the technical necessity. The visible parts of the white linen goods demanded decoration and in the first half of the 16th century the european fashion developed the white wrinkled linen collar and the “Manschetten” (shirt cuffs?) with colorful silk embroidery as decorated ending. …
Concerning laces from the medieval time: In the “Rhein” region (Germany) and in Spain “gemusterte Seidennetzstickereien” figured silk-net-embroidery survived (the book refers to: Düsseldorf, Köln – Schnütgenmuseum, Krefeld – Textilingenieurschule, Nürnberg – Germ. National Museum).
Two knotted and with gold thread and colorful silk embroidered pillowcases found in Burgos, the grave Sanchos, the son Alfons’ XI (1312-1350) prove that the “Filettechnik” was used in Spain during the early 14th century.
In the “Paramentenschatz der Danziger Marienkirche” a north german “Altartuch” (pallium) with rich insertion of “Leinenfilet” survived, with several pattern, which are similar to the pattern found in german “Modelbüchern” of the 16th century. Marie Schuette assumes that in medieval times the “Netzarbeit” (netting?), even if nothing from earlier times survived, was very common as “Wäscheschmuck” (linen goods decoration?) in the european “Kulturländern” (culture lands?). As a confirmation for this assumption she lists a “Inventareintrag” (inventory/stock listening?) from the year 1327 of the Winchester Kathedral.
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Btw. the MAK – Museum for Applied Arts / Contemporary Arts has quite many needle and bobbin laces from the 16th century on display – unfortunately it’s not allowed to take photos there.
This posting is dedicated to anyone who was told that laces are not ‘period’
…interesting links I found concerning lace:
sca-lace · SCA Lacemaker’s Mailing List
Needle’n Thread – “Needlelace Tutorial – Excellent Step-by-Step Instructions!”
…and please don’t forget to check out Jeanine’s blog “Italian Needlework” - she posts a lot about Filet lace, Reticello, Drawn Thread Work,…
28
Mai
2010
New books – “Gotische Bildteppiche”
Recently I found this lovely little book (ca. 12 x 19 cm) at the second-hand books shelf of one of my favourite bookshops:
Gotische Bildteppiche
by Hans Lang, Parkland Verlag Stuttgart – ISBN 3-88059-156-3, German language
This small book is about the woven 15th century tapestries of the “Das Historische Museum zu Basel” – according to the information given concerning this book at amazon.de
, it is from the year 1980 and unfortunately I couldn’t find an information about this woven tapestries at the website of the museum.
Tafel I – “Edelknecht mit Fabelwesen” (Ausschnitt / detail) – 2nd quarter 15th century
Tafel II – “Edelfräulein mit Fabelwesen” - detail of the tapestry “Teppich mit sechs Fabeltieren”
Tafel III – “Liebespaar propft ein Bäumchen mit Treue” – detail of the tapestry “Baumgarten der Liebe” – 2nd quarter 15th century
Tafel IV – “Dame windet ihrem Liebhaber einen Kranz” – detail of the tapestry “Liebesgarten” – 1460-1470 (see photo unterneath)
Tafel V – “Liebespaar beim Schachspiel” – detail of the tapestry “Liebesgarten (see photo unterneath)
Tafel VI – “Liebespaar beim Kartenspiel” – detail of the tapestry “Liebesgarten
Tafel VII – “Phyllis reitet auf Aristoteles” – detail of the tapestry “Weibermacht – Teppich” – about 1470 (see photo unterneath)
Tafel VIII – “Abschied Herzog Heinrichs von Braunschweig” – detail of “Legende Herzog Heinrichs des Löwen von Braunschweig” – 3rd quarter 15th century
Tafel IX – “Jungfrau mit zwei Fabeltieren” – detail of the tapestry “Fabeltier-Teppich mit Liebespaar” , about 1480
Tafel X – “Einhorn und Hirsch” – detail of the tapestry “Teppich mit symbolischen Fabeltieren in Blumenranken” – about 1480
Tafel XI – “Papagei” – detail of the tapestry “Teppich mit Fabeltieren in Blumenranken”
Tafel XII – “Noli me tangere – Einzug Jesu in Jerusalem” – detail of the tapestry “Klingental-Teppich” – about 1480
Tafel XIII – “König Artus und Karl der Große” – detail of “Folge der neun Helden” – about 1490
Tafel XIV – “Junker mit Wildweibchen” – detail of the tapestry “Falkenjagd” – about 1490
Tafel XVI – “Zelt mit kartenspielendem Liebespaar” – detail of “Liebesgarten mit Minnezelt” – about 1490
Tafel XVII – “Gastmahl des reichen Mannes” – detail of the “Gleichnis des reichen Mannes und des armen Lazarus” – about 1500 (see photo unterneath)
Tafel XVIII – “Vertreibung des armen Lazarus” – detail of the “Lazarus-Teppich”
Tafel XIX – “Tod des Reichen und Streit der Erben” – detail of the “Lazarus-Teppich”
Tafel XIX – “Tod des Reichen und Streit der Erben” – detail of the “Lazarus-Teppich”
…and here a detail of Tafel XV “Wildmann mit Edelfräulein” showing two pouches – for my friend Tristan and his Taschen blog
…a rather small book and just a few pages but with many lovely pictures – please consider that the colors on the photos can differ from the colors of the original tapestries on display at the museum and that normally the colors also lost some of their brilliance during the centuries… but I love old tapestries -as a great inspiration for embroidery projects and as an inspiration for dresses, … (for example the “Minnezelt” of Tafel XVI is very lovely!)
…btw. the book is available for € 0,01 / € 0,48 / € 0,49 /… at amazon.de
27
Apr
2010
new book and booklets…
Many thanks to Kathy, who pointed me in her posting "The Treasury of Basel Cathedral" to the book
The Treasury of Basel Cathedral (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
and I couldn’t resist to order a copy of it – please check out Kathy’s posting and have a look at the pictures of the lovely boxes inside the book. You can also find photos of illuminated pages, "spouted jugs" from the 14th century, woven fragments (early 14th century persia or Central Asia, 8th century Syria or Egypt, 8th-9th century Persia), "bracelet" (raised and gilded silver, coral and amber) from about 1500, "two plaques and a chain from a pectoral cross" from maybe Scandinavia – 1350-1400, two beautiful pendant crosses (1. Upper Rhineland, probably Basel, 1380-1400, raised, cast, engraved, and gilded silver, with seed pearls and 2. Germany, 15th century, mother-of-pearl, with gilded-silver mount and suspension loop), "Covered Beaker of Ulrich zem Luft-Eberler" from 1470-90,…
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…and if you are interested into sculptures from the medieval period, you maybe would like to get a copy of one of the following booklets:
Bildwerke des Mittelalters
A5 size, 68 pages – "Bildhefte des Kunstmuseums Düsseldorf", Düsseldorf 1966 – b/w pictures of medieval sculptures
the pictures start with "1. Kruzifix, Bodenseegebiet" about 1100, "2. Muttergottes, Köln" about 1360, "3a. Reliquienbüste, Böhmen" about 1370-1380 … and end with "33. Hl. Maria Magdalena, Antwerpen" about 1490-1500, "34. Pilatus und spottender Jude, Südliche Niederlande (Brüssel?)" about 1510 and finally "35. Hl. Veronika und ein Krieger, Antwerpen" about 1520-1530.
Especially I would like to point out "15. Wurzel Jesse, Schaben" about 1530 – you can find this theme also in embroidered wallhangings, for example: "Wurzel Jesse-Teppich" (Kloster Lüne, 1503-1505) – you can find a good b/w picture in the book Per manus sororum…: Niedersächsische Bildstickereien im Klosterstich (1300-1583)
Farbige Bildwerke des Mittelalters im Rheinland
…bigger than A5 but smaller than A4 – 40 pages, 16 color pictures – "Farbige Bildwerke des Mittelalters im Rheinland" – Kunst und Altertum am Rhein, Führer des Rheinischen Landesmuseums in Bonn – for example you can find pictures of following sculptures in this booklet:
1) "Kopf des Kruzifixes", Frauenberg,… Köln, about 1160…
2) "Kruzifixus auf altem Kreuz", Güsten …Lothringen/Trier(?), beginning of the 13th century…
3) "Kruzifixus", Köln, St. Georg… about 1400…
4) "Stehende Muttergottes", Ollesheim bei Nörvenich… Köln, end of the 13th century…
5) "Thronende Muttergottes", Köln… beginning of the 14th century…
6) "Hl. Nikolaus", Köln… before 1350
7) "Stehende Muttergottes mit schreibenden Christuskind", Iversheim… Köln, about 1420-30…
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20
Apr
2010
new book – Codex Manesse …lovely hairnets and alms pouch inside :)
Die Welt des Codex Manesse.
Ein Blick ins Mittelalter
This book is a catalogue which accompanied the exhibition (12th June – 2nd October 1988) of the ‘Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg’ about the Codex Manesse – a manuscript written at the beginning of the 14th century in Zürich (Zurich / Switzerland). It consists of ca. 688 pages – written in German language – and contains many interesting articles like:
A Schicksale der Handschrift (p. 1)
B Die Rückführung (p. 22)
C Bilder und Sachen (p. 68)
D Melodien und Instrumente (p. 113)
E Wappen und Stand (p. 127)
F Die Rezeption der Bilder (p. 153)
G Überlieferungsformen mittelhochdeutscher Lyrik (p. 224)
H Bildmotive – Vorbilder und Parallelen (p. 275)
J Das stilistische Umfeld der Miniaturen (p. 302)
K Falkenjagd – Falkensymbolik (p. 350)
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The book also contains many beautiful pictures – besides the lovely illumination pics, I could also find 3 very interesting pictures:
page 490 – Haarnetz (hairnet) / Düsseldorf, Kunstmuseum / 1st half 14th century / silk, 33cm diameter 38 armorial bearings
page 491 – Haarnetz / Düsseldorf, Kunstmuseum / 2nd half 14th century / silk, 26cm diameter
page 523 – Almosenbeutel (alms pouch) with armorial bearings / Zürich, Schweizerisches Landesmuseum
…and there is also a nice pic of a wooden ‘Tric-Trac-Brett und Spielsteine’ on page 492 / after 1278, Augustiner-Eremiten-Kloster Freiburg / Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Württemberg, Außenstelle Freiburg
…great that this book is available at Amazon for a rather cheap price… Love it! …and now I really need an additional bookshelf! *lol*
12
Apr
2010
Braids – 1. A Broad Lace of 5 Loops
Many thanks to my friend Tristan and his great “Taschen” blog for his link to the book
TAK V BOWES DEPARTED
A 15th Century Braiding Manual Examined
and to my boyfriend for ordering it as a Valentine’s Day gift
Yesterday I finally tried my first braid – Number “1 – A Broad Lace of 5 Loops”. I tried the braid with a rather thick thread and was rather pleased with the result – today I used this technique again for some cords for the german brick stitch pouch I was still working at today…