Medieval Clothing and Textiles 16

Following the Journal 's tradition of drawing on a range of disciplines, the essays here also extend chronologically from the tenth through the sixteenth century and cover a wide geography: from Scandinavia to Spain, with stops in England and the Low Countries. They include an examination of the lexical items for banners in Beowulf , evidence of the use of curved template for the composition in the Bayeux Tapestry, a discussion of medieval cultivation of hemp for use in textiles in Sweden, a reading of the character of Lady Mede ( Piers Plowman ) in the context of costume history, the historical context of the Spanish verdugados (in English, the farthingale) and its use as political propaganda, an analysis of the sartorial imagery on a tabletop painting (attributed to Bosch) depicting the Seven Deadly Sins, and the reconstruction of one of the sixteenth-century London Livery companies' crowns. Contributors: Melanie Schuessler Bond, John Bloch Friedman, M. Wendy Hennequin, Cynthia Jackson, Mark D. Johnston, Maggie Kneen, Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Git Skoglund, John Slefinger