[MR] cotton

[Kim McGuire]

In the 12th and 13th centuries, the Knights of Saint
John had statutes where their comandaries from all
over Europe had to send cloth to the Holy Land for the
care of the poor as well as the brothers and sisters
working in Jerusalem. 

At least two of the comanderies (both in Italy I
believe) had to send large quantities of cotton twill
fabric for use as coverlets and for clothing. 

Cottom was rare, but it was out there, it was
available, and it was worn. 

Pax, 
Melisent of Caer Mear


--- Daria of Atlantia <daria at brewer.sca.org> wrote:
> There is a story about Queen Elizabeth that make the
> cotton issue very easy.
> The story goes that she was given a gift of a
> embroidered cotton partlet,
> she felt it so fine and so rare that she did not
> feel "worthy to wear it"
> 
> Daria
> (cotton garb owner - not so fancy as Elizabeth)
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <MaryMizio at aol.com>
> To: <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 7:07 AM
> Subject: [MR] cotton
> 
> 
> > What someone said in the authenticity thread (I
> can't remember who since
> the
> > thread is so long) implied that cotton was not a
> period fabric.  It
> prompted
> > me to do a little research.  This is what I found
> out:  1) cotton fabric
> is at
> > least 7,000 years old - found by archaelogists in
> Mexico, 2) In Pakistan
> and
> > Egypt, cotton was being grown, spun, and woven in
> 3,000 BC, 3) Arab
> merchants
> > brought cotton cloth to Europe @ 800 AD, 4) Cotton
> was introduced to
> America in
> > the mid 1500's.  So, all of my fellow SCAdians
> who've been wondering about
> > the authenticity of their cotton garb, relax.
> >
>
========================================================================
> >                    The Merry Rose Tavern at
> Cheapside
> >     List Info: http://merryrose.atlantia.sca.org/
> >   Submissions: Atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> > Subscriptions:
>
http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/mailman/listinfo/atlantia
> >
> 
>
========================================================================
>                    The Merry Rose Tavern at
> Cheapside
>     List Info: http://merryrose.atlantia.sca.org/
>   Submissions: Atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Subscriptions:
http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/mailman/listinfo/atlantia


__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears
http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/