The Kalamazoo Book Post
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hrjHerewith, this year's book haul from Kalamazoo. There are two more being shipped from the publisher as well.
Netherton, Robin and Gale R. Owen-Crocker (eds). 2008. Medieval Clothing and Textiles: 4. Boydell & Brewer Ltd., Rochester. ISBN 978-1-84383-366-6
The latest volume of the journal, covering literary, artistic, and physical topics.
Rast-Eicher, Antoinette & Renata Windler eds. 2007. Archäologische Textilfunde - Archaeological Textiles (NESAT 9). ArcheoTex, Ennenda. ISBN 978-3-033-01267-7
The latest publication in the series from the Northern European Symposium on Archaeological Textiles. This one seems to have a larger number of somewhat shorter papers than previous volumes ... and puts me even further behind on updating the Surviving Garments Database!
Gleba, Bargarita, Cherine Munkholt & Marie-Louise Nosch. 2008. Dressing the Past. (Ancient Textiles Series Vol. 3) Oxbow Books, Oxford. ISBN 978-1-84217-269-8
A collection of essays on interpreting evidence for historic clothing, with a prominent theme of reconstruction as a tool for understanding structure and construction. The material covers the Bronze Age to modern times and, as it stems from a series of Danish lectures, has a strong Scandinavian component.
Goubitz, Olaf. 2007. Purses in Pieces. Stichting Promotie Archeologie, Zwolle. ISBN 978-90-8932-004-9
Brought to you by the same team that did Stepping Through Time, this is a similarly detailed analysis of the structure and construction of purses and other carrying-containers found in archaeological sites in the Netherlands. It includes an attempt at establishing a typology and nomenclature for medieval purses which I intend to find useful. If you have any interest in constructing medieval purses, this book is a must. The details on internal structure are in that category of "would never have come up with this from looking at the pictures" that always gives me warm fuzzies to discover.
La Belle Compagnie. 2007. 1381 The Peel Affinity. Shumacher Publishing LLC, Harrisburg. ISBN 978-0-9800726-0-0
La Belle Compagnie is a re-enactment group several of whose members I know from the DISTAFF sessions at Kalamazoo. This impressive publication shows and describes the everyday life of the characters and setting they portray, in some cases set as live tableaux of familiar works of medieval art. The result is a lovely coffee-table book that has great potential as a "gateway drug" book for those starting their forays into a serious historic approach to medieval material culture.
Larsen, Anne-Christine. 2001. The Vikings in Ireland. The VIking Ship Museum, Roskilde. ISBN 87-85180-42-4
A collection of articles deriving from an exhibition of the same title. The main focus is on archaeology (naturally enough for what is essential an exhibition catalog) but with articles on general history, literature, and linguistics as well. A nice combination of general and very focused topics.
Brears, Peter. 2008. Cooking and Dining in Medieval England. Prospect Books, Totnes. ISBN 978-1-903018-55-2
This is the book that the Perfectly Period Feast team kept hoping would come out long enough in advance that there would be time to digest and make use of it ... and not so much at the last minute that any new information or interpretations would throw existing plans into confusion. (Perhaps fortunately it didn't appear until too late to be of any use in preparing for the feast.) The book is an extensive and occasionally illustrated tour through the various physical parts of a medieval great household's meal-producing organization, an examination of the physical kitchen equipment, and a brief survey of the main cooking methods (including recipes).
Bromwich, Rachel. 1974. Medieval Celtic Literature: A Select Bibliography. University of Toronto Press, Toronto. ISBN 0-8020-2170-0
An annotated bibliography of works on language and literature in the medieval Celtic languages. I wonder that I never ran across it while I was working on my dissertation because it would have been quite useful. Of course it's horribly out of date at this point, but it's amusing to go through and check off all the books listed that I own.
Griffiths, Ralph A. 1972. The Principality of Wales in the Later Middle Ages: The Structure and Personnel of Government. Vol. I South Wales, 1277-1536. University of Wales Press, Cardiff. (no ISBN)
One of the Kalamazoo booksellers that I always head for first is Loome Theological Booksellers who -- unexpectedly for their stated focus -- always has an extensive selection of used books on Welsh history and literature. They're one of my more reliable sources for random older U. of Wales Press books these days. This work is basically a Who's Who of official personnel known from various historic records. Of some mixed usefulness for onomastic research although all names are normalized. The material is organized both geographically and by the type of office held.
Still to come by mail:
The Legal Triads of Wales
The Book of Sent Sovi: Medieval recipes from Catalonia
Netherton, Robin and Gale R. Owen-Crocker (eds). 2008. Medieval Clothing and Textiles: 4. Boydell & Brewer Ltd., Rochester. ISBN 978-1-84383-366-6
The latest volume of the journal, covering literary, artistic, and physical topics.
Rast-Eicher, Antoinette & Renata Windler eds. 2007. Archäologische Textilfunde - Archaeological Textiles (NESAT 9). ArcheoTex, Ennenda. ISBN 978-3-033-01267-7
The latest publication in the series from the Northern European Symposium on Archaeological Textiles. This one seems to have a larger number of somewhat shorter papers than previous volumes ... and puts me even further behind on updating the Surviving Garments Database!
Gleba, Bargarita, Cherine Munkholt & Marie-Louise Nosch. 2008. Dressing the Past. (Ancient Textiles Series Vol. 3) Oxbow Books, Oxford. ISBN 978-1-84217-269-8
A collection of essays on interpreting evidence for historic clothing, with a prominent theme of reconstruction as a tool for understanding structure and construction. The material covers the Bronze Age to modern times and, as it stems from a series of Danish lectures, has a strong Scandinavian component.
Goubitz, Olaf. 2007. Purses in Pieces. Stichting Promotie Archeologie, Zwolle. ISBN 978-90-8932-004-9
Brought to you by the same team that did Stepping Through Time, this is a similarly detailed analysis of the structure and construction of purses and other carrying-containers found in archaeological sites in the Netherlands. It includes an attempt at establishing a typology and nomenclature for medieval purses which I intend to find useful. If you have any interest in constructing medieval purses, this book is a must. The details on internal structure are in that category of "would never have come up with this from looking at the pictures" that always gives me warm fuzzies to discover.
La Belle Compagnie. 2007. 1381 The Peel Affinity. Shumacher Publishing LLC, Harrisburg. ISBN 978-0-9800726-0-0
La Belle Compagnie is a re-enactment group several of whose members I know from the DISTAFF sessions at Kalamazoo. This impressive publication shows and describes the everyday life of the characters and setting they portray, in some cases set as live tableaux of familiar works of medieval art. The result is a lovely coffee-table book that has great potential as a "gateway drug" book for those starting their forays into a serious historic approach to medieval material culture.
Larsen, Anne-Christine. 2001. The Vikings in Ireland. The VIking Ship Museum, Roskilde. ISBN 87-85180-42-4
A collection of articles deriving from an exhibition of the same title. The main focus is on archaeology (naturally enough for what is essential an exhibition catalog) but with articles on general history, literature, and linguistics as well. A nice combination of general and very focused topics.
Brears, Peter. 2008. Cooking and Dining in Medieval England. Prospect Books, Totnes. ISBN 978-1-903018-55-2
This is the book that the Perfectly Period Feast team kept hoping would come out long enough in advance that there would be time to digest and make use of it ... and not so much at the last minute that any new information or interpretations would throw existing plans into confusion. (Perhaps fortunately it didn't appear until too late to be of any use in preparing for the feast.) The book is an extensive and occasionally illustrated tour through the various physical parts of a medieval great household's meal-producing organization, an examination of the physical kitchen equipment, and a brief survey of the main cooking methods (including recipes).
Bromwich, Rachel. 1974. Medieval Celtic Literature: A Select Bibliography. University of Toronto Press, Toronto. ISBN 0-8020-2170-0
An annotated bibliography of works on language and literature in the medieval Celtic languages. I wonder that I never ran across it while I was working on my dissertation because it would have been quite useful. Of course it's horribly out of date at this point, but it's amusing to go through and check off all the books listed that I own.
Griffiths, Ralph A. 1972. The Principality of Wales in the Later Middle Ages: The Structure and Personnel of Government. Vol. I South Wales, 1277-1536. University of Wales Press, Cardiff. (no ISBN)
One of the Kalamazoo booksellers that I always head for first is Loome Theological Booksellers who -- unexpectedly for their stated focus -- always has an extensive selection of used books on Welsh history and literature. They're one of my more reliable sources for random older U. of Wales Press books these days. This work is basically a Who's Who of official personnel known from various historic records. Of some mixed usefulness for onomastic research although all names are normalized. The material is organized both geographically and by the type of office held.
Still to come by mail:
The Legal Triads of Wales
The Book of Sent Sovi: Medieval recipes from Catalonia
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