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Author : Sarah Thursfield
Release : 2001
Genre : Clothing and dress
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Medieval Tailor's Assistant by : Sarah Thursfield
Download or read book The Medieval Tailor's Assistant written by Sarah Thursfield. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La 4e de couverture indique : "A comprehensive guide to making period clothes for living history, re,enactment, plays and pageants..."
Author : Sarah Thursfield
Release : 2015-03-23
Genre : Crafts & Hobbies
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 355/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Medieval Tailor's Assistant by : Sarah Thursfield
Download or read book Medieval Tailor's Assistant written by Sarah Thursfield. This book was released on 2015-03-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Medieval Tailor's Assistant is the standard work for both amateurs and professionals wishing to re-create the clothing of the Medieval era for historical interpretation or drama. This new edition extends its range with details of fitting different figures and many more patterns for main garments and accessories from 1100 to 1480. It includes simple instructions for plain garments, as well as more complex patterns and adaptations for experienced sewers. Advice on planning outfits and materials to use is given along with a range of projects and alternative designs, from undergarments to outer wear. Early and later tailoring methods are also covered within the period. There are clear line drawings, pattern diagrams and layouts and over eighty full-colour photographs that show the garments as working outfits. The garments are presented with brief notes on their historical background in three mainlayers, underwear, main garments and outer garments for men, women and children. There is a section on 'How to use the book' with detailed instructions on techniques, planning, materials and, in particular, cutting methods from 1100. In this new edition there are over 400 line illustrations and a further 80 colour photographs as well as patterns for 151 garments and accessories.
Author : Charlotte Eubanks
Release : 2011
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 610/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Miracles of Book and Body by : Charlotte Eubanks
Download or read book Miracles of Book and Body written by Charlotte Eubanks. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is an exciting exploration of the world of Buddhist attitudes towards religious texts, from Indian scriptures to Japanese medieval tales. Its emphasis on discursive strategies—how Buddhist texts function and what they expect of their readers/users (especially, the connection between books, their content, and their readers' bodies)—is a welcome new perspective."—Fabio Rambelli, author of Buddhist Materiality "Miracles of Book and Body is fluidly written and engaging. This book brings the reader to an awareness of the range and foci of medieval 'popular' readings of sutra literature, and Eubanks provides an important perspective to interpreting these narratives that is original and stimulating."—Thomas W. Hare, author of Zeami: Performance Notes "Charlotte Eubanks' sophisticated, insightful and readable study of the physicalities of sutra texts and sutra recitation makes sense of some of the strangest phenomena in medieval Japan. By disentangling the literal and metaphorical meanings in Buddhist setsuwa, Eubanks explains such things as how memorizing a text is an embodiment thereof, how texts can become sentient beings, and why the scroll is an appropriate format for recording dharma. Her work is both important and engaging."—Margaret H. Childs, University of Kansas "Drawing on an impressive range of Mahayana scriptures and medieval Japanese didactic tales, Eubanks unpacks recurrent tropes correlating text and flesh to reveal surprising connections among the literary, material, and ritual dimensions of Buddhist textual culture. Elegantly written and theoretically astute, this volume will be welcomed not only by specialists in Buddhist literature but also by readers interested in broader issues of text-based religious practice."—Jacqueline Stone, author of Original Enlightenment and the Transformation of Medieval Japanese Buddhism
Author : Ninya Mikhaila
Release : 2006-03-30
Genre : Crafts & Hobbies
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 859/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Tudor Tailor by : Ninya Mikhaila
Download or read book The Tudor Tailor written by Ninya Mikhaila. This book was released on 2006-03-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential source book for reconstructing clothing 1509 to 1603.
Author : Thomas More
Release : 2019-04-08
Genre : Political Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 583/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Utopia by : Thomas More
Download or read book Utopia written by Thomas More. This book was released on 2019-04-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utopia is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More published in 1516 in Latin. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. Many aspects of More's description of Utopia are reminiscent of life in monasteries.
