After receiving a question from a good friend about books concerning 13th century embroidery and having some fun searching for academic papers related to embroidery, it seems like it is time again to share some interesting medieval embroidery related links with you. 🙂
First I would like to share a link which should be well known by now but just in case you are not aware of it yet – here it is again, my most favorite website about medieval embroidery:
Historical Needlework Resources
(http://medieval.webcon.net.au)
This website is actually pretty old compared to many other websites but it is still one of the best ones when it comes to sources and pictures of medieval embroidery. It was a very helpful resource when I first started looking into medieval embroidery, which was about 12 years ago, and it is still a website I love to recommend when someone asks for period sources.
However, this website and some of its links started to fade away already some years ago – links change, websites vanish and therefore many of the links on this website are already broken. Nevertheless, I still recommend a visit to the site and if you find something that interests or inspires you, please download the content as long as some of the links are still working…
And now to another very interesting website:
Academia.edu
(https://www.academia.edu)
“Academia.edu is a platform for academics to share research papers. The company’s mission is to accelerate the world’s research. …” (Academia.edu – About section)
Though this website is not per se a site about medieval embroidery, several academic research papers can be found there which are focussing on medieval embroidery. I highly recommend a membership to this page which is fortunately free. And don’t worry, the sign up process is very easy and fast.
Btw. you should be able to find me on this site via the link: https://independent.academia.edu/Racaire
…and if you start following me, you will get a notification whenever I download a paper which interests me…
Some interesting papers I recently found on the Academia.edu website:
Ein Paar gestickter Besätze aus dem Mainzer Dom
(German, “A pair of embroidered borders from the Mainz cathedral”)
https://www.academia.edu/8177191/Ein_Paar_gestickter_Besätze_aus_dem_Mainzer_Dom
Three Bands of Voided Work Embroidery
https://www.academia.edu/9306469/Three_Bands_of_Voided_Work_Embroidery
Zadarski gotički vezeni antependij u Budimpešti
(A Gothic Embroidered Altar Frontal from Zadar, now in Budapest)
https://www.academia.edu/9738931/Zadarski_gotički_vezeni_antependij_u_Budimpešti_A_Gothic_Embroidered_Altar_Frontal_from_Zadar_now_in_Budapest_
Renaissance Embroidery in Burgos, Datatèxtil, 2014, nº 30.
https://www.academia.edu/10728839/Renaissance_Embroidery_in_Burgos_Datatèxtil_2014_no_30
Inkunabeln des Opus teutonicum. Die verlorenen romanischen Weißstickereien des Berliner Kunstgewerbemuseums
(German, “Incunabula of the Opus teutonicum. The lost romanic white work embroideries of the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Berlin”)
https://www.academia.edu/15414017/Inkunabeln_des_Opus_teutonicum._Die_verlorenen_romanischen_Weißstickereien_des_Berliner_Kunstgewerbemuseums
Having her hand in it? Elite women as ‘makers’ of textile art in the Middle Ages
https://www.academia.edu/28114741/Having_her_hand_in_it_Elite_women_as_makers_of_textile_art_in_the_Middle_Ages
Women as Artists in the Middle Ages: Dictionary of Women Artists
(from “The Feminist Art Journal”, Spring 1976)
https://www.academia.edu/26682296/Women_as_Artists_in_the_Middle_Ages_Dictionary_of_Women_Artists
On the beginnings of the Constantinopolitan school of embroidery
https://www.academia.edu/23668502/On_the_beginnings_of_the_Constantinopolitan_school_of_embroidery
Though I haven’t shared any links from this website on my blog yet, I hope they will all work without any problem after you set up an account on this site. 🙂
Some of these research papers should keep you busy for quite some time while I continue working at my next embroidery related posting. Stay tuned my friends… 😀
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