Hi,
The brief article we are seeing in the Daily Mail seems to coincide with the
August issue of the "BBC History Magazine" hitting the stands today. Beatriz
Nutz told me that she wrote an article (that is coming out in this particular
issue) that "will contain images of two of the “bras” and the underpants (no
patterns). As [she] wrote it for a popular audience there´s not much in
the way of description of the artifacts to satisfy a scientific mind but
it discusses the social acceptance of female underwear in the 15th and
16th century with quotes from some contemporary written sources on the
topic." http://www.historyextra.com/magazine/next-issue Looks like one can get
a Kindle version of this issue off Amazon.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/BBC-History-Magazine/dp/B006M37NT0/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1329304257&sr=1-1
She wrote the BBC History Magazine article because the article she wrote on the
Lengberg finds for a
special "thématiques" issue of the French magazine “Histoire et Images
Medievales” was being delayed in publication. Unfortunately for me the magazine
is having her article translated into French. The article will "include
images of three of the "bras", the underpants, shirt fragments, dress
fragments and even some shoes." Beatrix just sent me a note that it is expected
to be out on August 16th.
Even more exciting... she says: "Something else to look
forward to: There´s going to be a press release and public presentation
of the Lengberg underwear at Lengberg Castle itself end of September
(21st to 22nd). [She's] currently working on a booklet to be published
for this event which will contain not only images of the finds but also
patterns – plus it will be in German and English." The publication of
the booklet has yet to be funded but, more details to follow about when
and where we can order it once it has been published.
I was actually lucky enough to be able to have gone to NESAT XI in May
of 2011 when Beatrix Nutz presented on the 15th century bras. I really
enjoyed her presentation at NESAT XI and even more so the
gatherings after the days presentations where we took over the local
open air cafe and discussed ancient textiles (many of the participants
were staying in the same hotel). She brought out the
pictures and we all got to chat about them for a couple of days before
her actual presentation (as well as other various textiles and
projects). I'm guessing that is why I remember so much
more of it than some of the others. Publication of the NESAT XI
proceedings is supposed to be later this year but I haven't heard any
specifics as to when. http://www.nesat.org/m2/volume.html
Besides presenting at NESAT XI, she has presented at other conferences.
Upcoming, she will be presenting at the Autumn Meeting of The Medieval
Dress and Textile Society on October 27th, 2012.http://www.medats.org.uk/events/
The Universität Innsbruck Forschungs project page on the Medieval Textiles
found in the Lengberg Castle can be found at
http://www.uibk.ac.at/urgeschichte/projekte_forschung/textilien-lengberg/forschungsprojekt-ma-textilien-lengberg.html
It has links to some of the earlier press releases.
Regards,
Anne Decker
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