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Interesting stuff
Mar. 15th, 2005 01:42 pmI have been working with collected notes from the legal bodies in late medieval Arboga (a swedish town) lately. It has been boring to do, but with some interesting results. I thought I'd share two:
* In 1478 a woman's kjortel was valued. the upper part and the lower part was valued separately, which indicates a two-piece dress. (The word kjortel is unfortunately not the name of a special type of dress, but a catch-all term for tunics/kirtles/dresses worn by both sexes throughout the middle ages and also the early 16th century)
* In a 1507 woman's kjortel made of linen is mentioned. It belonged to "a loose woman". The word for shift is serk or something similar so this is if not an outer garment at least the middle layer. Maybe similar to the late 15th century tight kirtle from the National museum in Helsinki.
* In 1478 a woman's kjortel was valued. the upper part and the lower part was valued separately, which indicates a two-piece dress. (The word kjortel is unfortunately not the name of a special type of dress, but a catch-all term for tunics/kirtles/dresses worn by both sexes throughout the middle ages and also the early 16th century)
* In a 1507 woman's kjortel made of linen is mentioned. It belonged to "a loose woman". The word for shift is serk or something similar so this is if not an outer garment at least the middle layer. Maybe similar to the late 15th century tight kirtle from the National museum in Helsinki.
