13th Century " A Joint Project"

And it begins: With a little inspiration and conspiring - we were able to develop a wonderful project that would require a team effort.

I was able to obtain the photographs taken by Racaire of Meridies while she was in Germany. These were also available on Medieval Beading - which also uses the Rocaire photographs as a reference. http://medievalbeads.com/ and www.racaire.com.

These two ladies are my go to references in regards to period beading.

Beaded container for the Holy Host

Second half of the 13th Century

In german: Ziborium mit perlstickerei, Niedersachen, 2, Halfte 13 JH

Schnutgen Museum, Köln (Cologne) Germany