A 13th c. Northumbrian lady
My head is spinning! For an A&S50 challenge and a Pentathlon entry, I’m going to do a rendition of an Old English poem (“The Wife’s Lament”) with a Modern English translation. I’ll be taking parts of the poem and reading the Old English for a few lines and then the Modern English translation. It will… Continue Reading Old English — Ack!
UPDATED 1/24/09 Here are my personal 50 items for the A&S50 persona challenge. Done Create and perform period poem #1 — “There is a Fair Fort” Create and perform period song #1 —“The Lion of the Strand” Make set of wrapped braids — 1) red, 2) gold, 3) taupe Make Norman court gown Make Norman… Continue Reading Persona Challenge
Here is documentation on creating a Burgundian gown from 1475.
The painting is by Veronese (1550s) entitled Portrait of a Lady with a Heron (appropriately enough). It is representative of many Venetian upper class and noble female dress of the second half of the 16th century. Love the heron — I have a stuffed goose and swear I will have my picture taken with it.… Continue Reading Dress Diary: Red Venetian
The below dates are from 2006. Nowadays I do Anglo Saxon garb from 11th century Northumbria, but I also have a large body of work from Elizabethan England. Oct. 26 I am in fact cheating here, because I’ve done a lot of work and didn’t write down what I did. Good one. So… the doublet… Continue Reading Dress Diary: Brown Elizabethan