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hrjRather than waiting until the books are shipped home, let’s see if I can keep up with them as I buy them. (Besides, you never know when a reader might say, “Hey, pick me up one of those!”)
Malaguzzi, Silvia (trans. Brian Phillips). 2006. Food and Feasting in Art. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. ISBN 978-0-89236-914-0
A “look at the pretty pictures” book. Lots of reproductions of food, dining, and cookery in art. Covers antiquity through the modern day, so not a lot of depth for any one era.
Netherton, Robin & Gale R. Owen-Crocker eds. 2009. Medieval Clothing and Textiles 5. The Boydell Press, Woodbridge. ISBN 978-1-84383-451-9
I think I actually managed to hear all these papers when originall presented. It’s nice to see the more formal written presentation (which doesn’t always get produced). Articles on costume in ivory carvings, the French hood, the Guicciardini Quilt(s), putting Vecellio in context, and more. (And one of the book reviews is by yours truly.)
Power, Eileen. 2006. The Goodman of Paris. The Boydell Press, Woodbridge. ISBN 978-1-84383-222-5 (reprint of 1928 edition)
Nothing new or special, I’ve just been meaning to get an edition of the whole text, not just excerpts or only the culinary section.
Fletcher, Nichola. 2004. Charlemagne's Tablecloth: A Piquant History of Feasting. St. Martin's Press, New York. ISBN 978-0-312-34068-1
I wasn’t impressed enough to buy this when it first came out, but remaindered at $10 for the hardcover, it seemed worth it. A variety of essays connected by the theme of feasting.
Pollington, Stephen. 2003. The Mead-Hall: Feasting in Anglo-Saxon England. Anglo-Saxon Books, Hockwold-cum-Witon. ISBN 1-898281-30-0
This makes a nice companion volume to Ann Hagen’s work on Anglo-Saxon foodstuffs. Polligton’s book focuses more on the physical environment of A-S dining: the furniture, the arrangement of the hall, the social organization around eating.
Read, Brian. 2005. Metal Buttons c.900 BC - c. AD 1700. Portcullis Publishing, Langport. ISBN 0-9532450-4-7
Read, Brian. 2008. Hooked-Clasps & Eyes: A Classification and Catalogue of Sharp- or Blunt-Hooked Clasps and Miscellaneous Hooks, Eyes, Loops, Rings or Toggles. Portcullis Publishing, Langport. ISBN 978-0-9532450-5-5
These are highly-focused catalogs of very specific archaeological categories. If you were a metal-worker and wanted an “inspiration book” for making buttons or hooked fasteners (for medieval English costuming) this would be wisely spent money. Not so thorough on the presentation of the context for use. For example, the button book focuses exclusively on metal buttons and doesn’t discuss fabric ones, even when illustrating a discussion with garments that look very much like they have them.
Koch, John T. 1007. An Atlas for Celtic Studies. Oxbow Books, Oxford. ISBN 978-1-84217-309-1
Lots and lots of pretty and detailed maps providing a geographic context for both linguistic and archaeological data.
There are two more books I picked up today from David Brown that will have to be blogged later since one is a pre-publication order and the other they kept as a display copy until the end of the conference. (I got a steal on that one because it was damaged in transit.)
Malaguzzi, Silvia (trans. Brian Phillips). 2006. Food and Feasting in Art. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. ISBN 978-0-89236-914-0
A “look at the pretty pictures” book. Lots of reproductions of food, dining, and cookery in art. Covers antiquity through the modern day, so not a lot of depth for any one era.
Netherton, Robin & Gale R. Owen-Crocker eds. 2009. Medieval Clothing and Textiles 5. The Boydell Press, Woodbridge. ISBN 978-1-84383-451-9
I think I actually managed to hear all these papers when originall presented. It’s nice to see the more formal written presentation (which doesn’t always get produced). Articles on costume in ivory carvings, the French hood, the Guicciardini Quilt(s), putting Vecellio in context, and more. (And one of the book reviews is by yours truly.)
Power, Eileen. 2006. The Goodman of Paris. The Boydell Press, Woodbridge. ISBN 978-1-84383-222-5 (reprint of 1928 edition)
Nothing new or special, I’ve just been meaning to get an edition of the whole text, not just excerpts or only the culinary section.
Fletcher, Nichola. 2004. Charlemagne's Tablecloth: A Piquant History of Feasting. St. Martin's Press, New York. ISBN 978-0-312-34068-1
I wasn’t impressed enough to buy this when it first came out, but remaindered at $10 for the hardcover, it seemed worth it. A variety of essays connected by the theme of feasting.
Pollington, Stephen. 2003. The Mead-Hall: Feasting in Anglo-Saxon England. Anglo-Saxon Books, Hockwold-cum-Witon. ISBN 1-898281-30-0
This makes a nice companion volume to Ann Hagen’s work on Anglo-Saxon foodstuffs. Polligton’s book focuses more on the physical environment of A-S dining: the furniture, the arrangement of the hall, the social organization around eating.
Read, Brian. 2005. Metal Buttons c.900 BC - c. AD 1700. Portcullis Publishing, Langport. ISBN 0-9532450-4-7
Read, Brian. 2008. Hooked-Clasps & Eyes: A Classification and Catalogue of Sharp- or Blunt-Hooked Clasps and Miscellaneous Hooks, Eyes, Loops, Rings or Toggles. Portcullis Publishing, Langport. ISBN 978-0-9532450-5-5
These are highly-focused catalogs of very specific archaeological categories. If you were a metal-worker and wanted an “inspiration book” for making buttons or hooked fasteners (for medieval English costuming) this would be wisely spent money. Not so thorough on the presentation of the context for use. For example, the button book focuses exclusively on metal buttons and doesn’t discuss fabric ones, even when illustrating a discussion with garments that look very much like they have them.
Koch, John T. 1007. An Atlas for Celtic Studies. Oxbow Books, Oxford. ISBN 978-1-84217-309-1
Lots and lots of pretty and detailed maps providing a geographic context for both linguistic and archaeological data.
There are two more books I picked up today from David Brown that will have to be blogged later since one is a pre-publication order and the other they kept as a display copy until the end of the conference. (I got a steal on that one because it was damaged in transit.)
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Date: 2009-05-09 01:55 pm (UTC)David Brown Book Company (http://www.oxbowbooks.com/home.cfm/Location/DBBC)
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Date: 2009-05-08 10:05 pm (UTC)The hook & eye book & the button book sound *fascinating*.
Would it be possible/sensible for you to pick up copies for me & then send them here? How much are they? I'd certainly be willing to pay for the shipping :-)
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Date: 2009-05-09 01:56 pm (UTC)David Brown Book Company (http://www.oxbowbooks.com/home.cfm/Location/DBBC)
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