[MR] New Book on Period Dress

[Garth Groff]

Noble friends,

New in the UVA Fine Arts Library: DRESS AND IDENTITY, edited by Mary 
Harlow (ISBN 9781407309422; our call number GT555 .F748 2012). This book 
is a collection of contributed papers on various topics, several of 
great interest to Scadians, sepecially clothing makers. "Anglo-Saxon 
Woman: Fame, Anonymity, Identity and Clothing" by Gale. R. Owen Crocker, 
discusses how women's clothing reflected their social roles. There are a 
number of illustrations, including drawings of typical women's 
accessories. "Representing Hierarchy and Homosociality: Vestments and 
Gender in Medieval Scotland" by Penelope Dransart, is primarily 
concerned with ecclesiastical vestments, and is illustrated by photos of 
tomb effigies, and some tapestry images. "The Social Life of Museum 
Textiles: Some Comments on the Late Antique and Early Medieval 
Collection in the Ure Museum at the University of Reading" by Anthea 
Harris,  is illustrated by numerous color photos of tapestry fragments, 
most showing intricate detail and still-vibrant colors. The remainder of 
the articles in this volume are on Greek or Roman subjects, which may be 
of personal interest to our members, though they do not bear directly on 
garments of the middle ages. Each article is accompanied by a 
bibliography. There is no index.

Yours Aye,


Lord Mungo Napier, Shire of Isenfir's Unofficial Librarian
(aka Garth Groff, UVA Library Cataloging & Metadata Services)