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Title: Free e-book of Medieval Garments!!!
Post by: isabelladangelo on September 04, 2014, 01:29:02 PM
http://en.unipress.dk/media/3492090/9788779349018_medieval_garments.pdf (http://en.unipress.dk/media/3492090/9788779349018_medieval_garments.pdf)


Medieval Garments Reconstructed
Norse Clothing Patterns

By Lilli Fransen, Anna Nørgård and Else Østergård

If you don't have this book, you want it.  It's normally $$ for the paperback version, but you can download the e-book for free right now.   Just click the link above or check out this page for more information:

http://en.unipress.dk/udgivelser/m/medieval-garments-reconstructed/ (http://en.unipress.dk/udgivelser/m/medieval-garments-reconstructed/)
Title: Re: Free e-book of Medieval Garments!!!
Post by: Sev on September 04, 2014, 02:36:21 PM
Oh, this is COOL. Thanks for posting it!
Title: Re: Free e-book of Medieval Garments!!!
Post by: gem on September 04, 2014, 07:37:01 PM
That is an amazing resource! Thanks for posting it!
Title: Re: Free e-book of Medieval Garments!!!
Post by: Butch on September 04, 2014, 08:28:24 PM
Nice!  Thank-you!
Title: Re: Free e-book of Medieval Garments!!!
Post by: FreyBjorn on September 05, 2014, 09:00:14 AM
That is a treasure trove of info, particularly for a Viking. Thanks!
Title: Re: Free e-book of Medieval Garments!!!
Post by: isabelladangelo on September 05, 2014, 12:49:36 PM
Quote from: FreyBjorn on September 05, 2014, 09:00:14 AM
That is a treasure trove of info, particularly for a Viking. Thanks!

I think most of the find dates to a couple of centuries after the Viking raids.  It's still the Norse culture but they aren't the big scary raiders anymore.  Most of the textiles are from the end of the Norse occupation of Greenland - about the 14th Century.