[MR] Fwd: [Norsefolk_2] Oseberg book out

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only beg indulgence based on my excitement.  
 
Nancy
 

 
I've  looked at the book today ;
"Oseberg Textiles" 
Arne Emil Christensen  and Margareta Nockert, 
ISBN 82-8984-024-9

There are lots of  illustrations and photoes with english captions and 
a fairly extensive  english summary. Probably not extensive enough for 
the true textile buff  though.
:-)

Main topics ; 
Tapestries, silk fragments, some  embroidery and other textile 
fragments. Good closeups of the textile  fragments showing the weave 
and pattern clearly. The size is easy to  figure out due to a ruler 
next to the fragments. Lots of drawings,  photoes and more of the silk 
fragments and tapestry photoes I haven't  seen before. A glaring lack 
of photoes and illustrations of the seams on  the fragments containing 
such though. Mind you I just skimmed the  book.

Less usefull than Woven into the earth, the MOL series and even  the 
Högom book(migration era) but definetly a book to buy or at least  
borrow and partially scan(illustrations and photoes) and  
copy(summaries). For english speakers NOT too nutty in general about  
textiles, the last option might be best. For the rest out  there.....
you might as well get it since you've already bought way more  books 
than you need anyway.
:-D


 

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I've looked at the book today ;
"Oseberg Textiles"  
Arne Emil Christensen and Margareta Nockert, 
ISBN  82-8984-024-9

There are lots of illustrations and photoes with english  captions and 
a fairly extensive english summary. Probably not extensive  enough for 
the true textile buff though.
:-)

Main topics ;  
Tapestries, silk fragments, some embroidery and other textile  
fragments. Good closeups of the textile fragments showing the weave  
and pattern clearly. The size is easy to figure out due to a ruler  
next to the fragments. Lots of drawings, photoes and more of the silk  
fragments and tapestry photoes I haven't seen before. A glaring lack  
of photoes and illustrations of the seams on the fragments containing  
such though. Mind you I just skimmed the book.

Less usefull than  Woven into the earth, the MOL series and even the 
Högom book(migration  era) but definetly a book to buy or at least 
borrow and partially  scan(illustrations and photoes) and 
copy(summaries). For english speakers  NOT too nutty in general about 
textiles, the last option might be best.  For the rest out there.....
you might as well get it since you've already  bought way more books 
than you need anyway.
:-D

The museum  doesn't have a webbased shop, meaning you have to transfer 
money. Which  can get a bit expensive. One option is to try to get your 
local bookstore  to order it, your local museum bookshop or try the uni 
bookshop here in  Oslo.

The price ;
990 NOK (Norwegian kroner) + 100 NOK  postage

Contact museum bookshop;
j.g.kruse at khm.uio.no

Or try  to ask the uni bookshop if they can get the book for you, they 
have a  netbased shop and should accept Visa at  least;
support at akademika.no

Gunvor





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