Medieval Clothing and Textiles 13

Robin Netherton is a costume historian specializing in Western European clothing of the Middle Ages and its interpretation by artists and historians. Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor Emerita of the University of Manchester where she was previously Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture and Director of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies. Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor Emerita of the University of Manchester where she was previously Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture and Director of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies.

• PrefaceThe Significance of Dress in the Bayeux Tapestry - Gale R. Owen-CrockerHow Long Is a Launce? Units of Measure for Cloth in Late Medieval Britain - Mark C ChambersRobes, Turbans, and Beards: "Ethnic Passing" in Decameron 10.9 - Ana GrinbergCalciamentum: Footwear in Late Medieval Lucca - Christine E. Meek"Bene in ordene et bene ornata": Eleonora d'Aragona's Description of Her Suite of Rooms in a Roman Palace of the Late Fifteenth Century - Jane BridgemanThe Lübeck Wappenröcke: Distinctive Style in Fifteenth-Century German Fabric Armor - Jessica FinleyRecent Books of Interest

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