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Extant Saxon Clothing
Extant Saxon Clothing
– Looking for the Evidence By Jennifer Baker ( Jenny Baker )
– Looking for the Evidence By Jennifer Baker ( Jenny Baker )
Research Disclaimer : Please note that This Research was done many years ago now :
so the information contained may now be out of date , photos gone missing or web links broken
My apologises : But It has become an impossible task to try and keep it up to date - Jenny
SUMMARY OF FINDS
SUMMARY OF FINDS
Iron Age to Early Medieval
Iron Age (c700 BC-43 AD)
The Roman occupation (43 AD-c410)
The 'Dark Ages' and the Anglo-Saxons (c410-1066)
Early Anglo-Saxon (450-650)
Middle Anglo-Saxon (650-800)
Total Number of
Tunics - 7
Skirts - 2
Cloaks - 27
Leg wear - Trousers - 6
Leg wear - Leg wraps - 5
Footwear - shoes - 9
Headwear - hats - 7
Headwear - hoods - 2
Other items - 5
Note: I have only listed clothing items found to be in /or close by to Germany
Tunics
Tunics
Tunics - 7
Skirts
Skirts
Skirts - 2
Cloaks
Cloaks
Cloaks - 27
Leg Wear
Leg Wear
Leg wear - Trousers - 6
Leg wear - Leg wraps - 5
Foot Wear
Foot Wear
Footwear - shoes - 9
Head wear
Head wear
Headwear - hats - 7
Headwear - hoods - 2
Other Items
Other Items
Other items - 5
Thank you to the following people - For helping to case down, the details on some of the Hats & caps
Thank you to the following people - For helping to case down, the details on some of the Hats & caps
Cherilyn Fuhlbohm - Antioch New Varangian Guard
Andrea Willett - Dubh Linn New Varangian Guard
Sandy Sempel - Frojel Gotlantica Viking Re-enactment Society
Prof Lena Strid - Waterford & Oxford Archaeology
Web References:
Web References:
The Surviving Garments Database
Sewing Stitches Used in Medieval Clothing
Some Clothing of the Middle Ages
An Archaeological Guide to Víking Men's Clothing
Kelticos Forum on Iron Age Studies and Prehistoric Europe
Fashions of the Peat Bogs - Clothing Found from the Celtic Iron Age 400 BC-400 AD By Janet VanMeter
Book Reference:
Book Reference:
Thor Ewing 'Viking Clothing' Tempus Publishing 2006 ISBN 0 7524 3587 6
Margrethe Hald, "Olddanske tekstiler". Det kongelige Nordiske Oldskriftsselskab, Nordisk Forlag 1950.
Other good websites on Saxon clothing
- http://mahan.wonkwang.ac.kr/link/med/england/anglo-saxon/culture/dress.html
- http://www.octavia.net/9thclife/Clothing.htm
- http://www.rosieandglenn.co.uk/TheLibrary/Costume/SpecificCostumes/SpecificCostumesmenu.htm
- Regia Anglorum - handbook on saxons - drill comands, costume, society structure and a whole lot more
- Regia Anglorum - Basic Clothing Guide
- An Overview of Anglo Saxon Dress in the Regia Focus Period by Sid Simpson
1st Published : April 2008 to NVG website 21 Oct 2011 Page Updated: 11 Sept 2020 © Looking for the Evidence : Jennifer Baker ( Jenny Baker )
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