Kilder på rammer til brikvævning

En frivillig på Middelaldercentret har spurgt til kilder på rammer til brikvævning, altså et stativ.
Jeg har i al hast smidt en række billeder på, fra 13- og 1400-tallet, men der er utvivlsomt flere illustrationer

Breast supporting shift

A follow up on the women's underwear. See http://m-silkwork.blogspot.dk/
 
Well, of course it depends on the breasts, but - this model is not all that supportive. Still, better than nothing.
I suppose, that as long as you don't cut or sew the upper part into shape, it will support a bit because of the seam and band under the breasts, but it also flattens.
Well. here in 1402, soon 1403 we'll have to make content with what we have.

Ca. 1400

Das Braunschweiger Skizzenbuch, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Kupferstichkabinett, Braunschweig. c. 1380-1420.

Konehue over "frikadeller ved ørerne"

Der er nyt på konehuefronten.
Med skyldig tak til Isis Styrtewagen og hendes broderi-blog er der nu en ny, moderigtig anno ca 1400 variation af konehuen. Den kræver enten rigtig langt hår, flettet og sat op i to "frikadeller ved ørerne" eller kunstige hjælpemidler. Den kan også bærer med en hoveddug over.

To kunstige "frikadeller", uld syet ind i hørlærred og sat på et vævet bånd af hør. Huen er en almindelig konehue, bare større, så der er plads til "frikadellerne" og tilpasset bærerens hoved

En af "de tåbelige jomfruer" fra Lybæk. Hun har ikke konehue på, men hendes lange fletning er krydset i nakken og sat fast med snore på tilsvarende vis som den nye konehue

En af statuerne fra Belgien med den nye moderne konehue over "frikadeller ved ørerne", se Isis Styrtewagens broderi-blog

Her med hoveddug over, det ser en anelse mindre fjollet ud

Her with a veil over. This looks slightly less ridiculous

BH og trusser

Se dog lige her:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2174568/Found-castle-vault-scraps-lace-lingerie-rage-500-years-ago.html
Trusser og bh, dateret til 1400-tallet.
Men jeg vil nu gerne vide hvad de baserer dateringen på, håber nogen publiserer fundet snart

Nulrestok i museumsbutikken

Så har vi fået lavet kopier af en middelalderlig nulrestok. Se tidligere blogindlæg. Den sælges i museumsbutikken for 35,- kr.

Link til museumsbutikkens netshop

A present for a queen

The queen of Denmark visited the Medieval Centre on the 5th of June. Our gift to her majesty was a gilded silver replica brooch made by our goldsmith, Nina Ruzinsca. It was given with a small pouch made in silk brocade (from Chennai), lined with yellow silk and with silk tassels and finger loop braids in silk. The queen was pleased with the gift and praised both the brooch and the pouch.
After the lunch, the walk in Sundkøbing, the trebuchets and the knights tournament, the queen visited the museum shop where she chose a replica embroidery needle and a handful of our books about textiles. So nice that our queen is a fellow archaeologist and is interested in textiles.
You can see pictures from the visit here: http://www.middelaldercentret.dk/Nyheder/dronningebesog.html

Vestments for a priest

As we're building a church for the Medieval Centre (!), we need to make vestments for a priest as well as other textiles for the church. The building of the church will take several years, so much of it can wait. But we've decided to make a small exhibition in the entrance hall involving an altar and a priest. So that can't wait. There will be a small publication made with the "church textiles", description of the sources, and of the things we have decided to make etc, but here are a few pictures of the first pieces.

If there is somebody out there with an interest in church textiles, please contact Cath on catharina.oksen@mail.dk

The amice is of white linen (flax) with a gold brocade band as parura, the strings are handwoven flax. Later we can make an amice with an embroidered parura, as the original. It was made by Susanne Bjørndahl Olsen.

The alb is of white linen, with pleated gores (they still need pleating), gold brocade bands etc., all hand sewn. It is inspired by an alb from München, Bayrisches Nationalmuseum, see the last picture. The parura - not in the picture, as it is not quite finished - is made in opus teutonicum in colored silk.

After that I need to make the maniple and the stole, Lars Sass will make the chasuble.

Hostie box

Hostie box for the upcoming church (and the exhibition in the hall this year). Agnus Dei, Lamb of God in freshwater pearls and couched gold thread on red silk velvet. The rim of the lid has a ribbon in silk brocade in red, blue and gold thread. Inside the box is lined with blue silk.

The first attempt was an Agnus Dei made on linen, cut out and glued to the velvet. Unfortunately some of the bone glue got on the perls, and the were ruined, had to start over again, this time directly on the velvet.

Særk med stropper

Den ærmeløse særk er nok den almindeligste i senmiddelalderen. Den kan være uden stropper, den kan et smalt skulderparti som en del af særken eller den kan have smalle påsyede stropper som på to af kildebillederne her og på den særk jeg lige har syet.

Særken er syet i en mellemkvalitet hvid hør. Stropperne er syet i hør, med armensk broderi i hør og guldtråd. Der er en lille snøre under venstre arm, det gør særken lettere at få på. Snøren er lavet i løkkeflet af hvid hør.

Nederst er påsyet en bort af silkebånd med guldbrokade.

Nogle kilder viser ornamenter nederst på særken, enten broderede eller påsyede. Se kildebillederne ovenfor.