Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


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1. Record Number: 11456
Author(s): Tilghman, Carla.
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Title : Giovanna Cenami's Veil: A Neglected Detail [The author analyzes the woman's veil in Van Eyck's "Wedding of Arnolfini." Evidence in other artworks suggests that this ruffled veil had its heyday in the mid-to-late fourteenth century. In 1434 Van Eyck may have used the old fashioned veil to signal a ceremonial occasion in which the betrothed young woman by her headress and clothing conveyed dignity and a prosperous social status. Tilghman wove some linen samples to determine the best methods for making ruffled edges. The veil would have had to be a single length without seams approximately six yards long. It would probably have been a specialty item and would have been costly. Tilghman speculates that it might have been a family treasure passed down to Giovanna Cenami. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Medieval clothing and textiles. Vol. 1.   Edited by Robin Netherton and Gale R Owen-Crocker .   Boydell Press, 2005.  Pages 155 - 172.
Year of Publication: 2005.
2. Record Number: 4770
Author(s): Koslin, Desiree.
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Title : Initiation, Robing, and Veiling of Nuns in the Middle Ages
Source: Robes and Honor: The Medieval World of Investiture.   Edited by Stewart Gordon .   Palgrave, 2001.  Pages 255 - 274.
Year of Publication: 2001.
3. Record Number: 12669
Author(s): Song, Cheunsoon and Lucy Roy Sibley
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Title : The Vertical Headdress of Fifteenth Century Northern Europe [The authors surveyed works of art for evidence of women's headdresses. They classified these vertical arrangements into six types involving netting, veils, padded rolls known as "bourrelets," and tall cones. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Dress: Annual Journal of the Costume Society of America , 16., ( 1990):  Pages 4 - 15.
Year of Publication: 1990.
4. Record Number: 28812
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Title : A Game of Backgammon
Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Luttrell1.jpg/250px-Luttrell1.jpg
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5. Record Number: 32148
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Title : Jewish couples dancing together at a wedding to the accompaniment of musical instruments
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