Tracking Textile History – the Mycenaeans
When we left the fascinating archaeology of Crete a few posts ago, it was about 1450 BC. From the evidence we have it seems the rulers in the palace of Knossos were big… Continue reading
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I Love Linear B!
When Knossos was excavated, thousands of small clay tablets were found. Some of their symbols were pretty easy to figure out: and some weren’t. (I am drawing them myself, because I have… Continue reading
Tracking Textile History: The Minoans, Part Two
Before we get into more of Minoan textiles, we need to take a short look at how this culture was brought back from three thousand years of oblivion. There is a fast-paced, readable… Continue reading
Tracking Textile History: The Minoans
Okay, you know the Minoans, right? Those bull-leaping snake-handling fresco-painting labyrinth-building people? “Bull leaping, fresco from the Great Palace at Knossos, Crete, Heraklion Archaeological Museum” by George Groutas – originally posted to Flickr… Continue reading
Bayeux Tapestry – Books, Part Two
Reading about the Bayeux Tapestry made me want to know more background information on the Normans – where did they come from? Why did they want to expand into England? I mean, the… Continue reading
Bayeux Tapestry – Books, Part One
The Bayeux Tapestry seems so modern in its objectivity. It presents what happened, but you can never tell what side it’s on. No individual stands out as looking more handsome and heroic than… Continue reading
Maine-ly Textiles
I know many of you are sick to death of winter, but living in Texas, knowing that days – weeks – months of 100 degree heat are about to descend upon me, I… Continue reading
A Medieval Love Story – with Carding and Spinning!
Here’s a little Valentine for all you textile and book aficionados! A few months ago, while researching for my post on a medieval herbal image, I came across some intriguing images of a… Continue reading
52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings, Week 52: an embroidered Bible presented by Charles I, on behalf of Queen Anne, to Sir Harry Wardlaw of Pitreavie
Originally posted on Echoes from the Vault:
The embroidered front cover of the Wardlaw Bible, a copy of the 1640 Geneva-Tomson Bible presented by Charles I to Sir Henry Wardlaw of Pitreavie for…
Reading About Red
Long winter nights are a perfect time for armchair travel – reading my way around the world and through the centuries, and learning a little more about textiles. If The Root of Wild… Continue reading