Research Resources and Links!

These sections will be continuosly added and edited, as I stumble across new wonderful links and also until find time to add them!

To save myself from insanity (the web costuming community is just too vast) I am, as always, focusing on the German Renaissance. Although I will include some favourites that I can't live without! There is absolutely no reason to redo anyone else's hard work, so for a more complete overview of Medieval and Renaissance web resources do try one of these for example:

A Festive Attyre * The Elizabethean Costuming Page * Eva's Costuming Page.

Web Museums and Artwork online:

• Bildindex: Indispensible!
• Web Gallery of Art : Also indispensible!
• Olga's Gallery: dito...
• Die Augsburger Monatsbilder: These murals are a must to include on a resource page for German Renaissance Costume.
• German Illuminated Codices: I have not had time to go through more than a small portion of these...
• The Frazzled Frau: Together with the German Renaissance Costume group, I think Micaela's galleries were what really put me on the German Costuming path!
• Kalkmaaleri.dk
• REAL: An amazing Austrian image databas with loads of artwork, some with astonishing close-up views!
• Roman de la Rose: Six manuscripts (c. 1325-1520s) online with amazingly good picture quality. Unfortunately no German manuscripts included. But the site is so good I include it here anyway! Perfect for 15th C french costume!
• Webart: Digitalized collections from the National Museum of Fine Arts, Stockholm
• Medeltidens Bildvärd: The digital image database by the Museum of National Antiquities, Stockholm, Sweden.

Links to Resources on Costuming and Related Topics:

15th-16th C Costuming Reources:

• The Leonfeldner Schnittbuch
• Im Frauwenzimmer Wirt vermeldt von allerly schönen Kleidungen (Text by Konrad Lautenbach, Engravings by Jost Amman)
• Mary of Habsburg Gown (Micaela's research overview on the Frazzled Frau)

Yahoo Groups

-Where would I be in life without these?

• GermanRenCostume: This list is to discuss the techniques and research for German Renaissance Costume, the focus period is 1490-1580
• Pleatwork: This list is to discuss the techniques and research for Pleatwork Embroidery in all forms. From the early beginnings in the 11th and 12th centuries as decorative pleating to the elaborate Reniassance and Elizabethan embroideries on pleated grounds, this group will cover techniques, materials, patterns and more in its exploration of an artform which eventurlly evolved to modern smocking. The list focus is pre-1650.
• thefrazzledfrau: Accompaniment to the frazzled frau website, dedicated to women's costume of the german renaissance. The scope of discussion is 15th and 16th Century women's costume from Northern Europe. This includes Flanders, the Netherlands, Germany and Scandinavia. Also discussions of influence on dress from this area, or into this area.

Other related topics

• Bello Marsico: Although not exclusively dedicated to German Costume, Rainhilt has a most glorious page on pleatwork embroidery! It is not to be missed, if one are attempting to recreate the decorated linen hemds from the 16th C.
• Bronwen's Blackwork Library: hopefully the archives will be available again?!?
• 14thC sewing and textile information: A good article on 14thC handsewing techniques

Dress Dairies and German Renaissance Costumers on the web:

• The Frazzled Frau: Together with the German Renaissance Costume group, I think Micaela's galleries were what really put me on the German Costuming path! The first costume of Micaela I ever stumbled across was her red Burgundian I think, than I discovered she had the prettiest wardrobe of German Costumes! And it is steadily growing...
• Kleider für eine Frau: Then I found Marion McNealy's Webpage... Don't miss her resource page with helpful hints to the Bildindex!
• Heather's Pages on Costuming: I am very eagerly following Heather's diary on the Nuremberg Dress. Heathers wulst haube try-outs are wonderful! Can't wait until I get some time and do some of my own... Soon!
• Anna-Katharina Hoepflinger: I wish my costumes (and me) could look like Anna-Katharina's. If Jen Thompson is the Italian Renaissance Goddess, Anna-Katharina must be her 15th C German sister! The re-enactment group In Nova Corpora Anna-Katharina belongs to is also a great rescource regarding germanish medieval costume and history, don't miss their collection of useful links and research articles. From their webpage another wonderful german webpage can be found...

Other Favourite Costuming Links:

Other peoples costume pages

• A Festive Attyre: Jen has made me like Tuesdays again (I have disliked Tuesdays sine 2nd grade) and she literally IS Italian Renaissance!
• Eva's Costume page: Eva has her Medieval and Elizabethean closet open for public admiration! Her ongoing annotated list of links may be reached here! Also, don't miss her articles and research section.
• Marie Chantal: Marie Chantal makes wonderful costumes, and takes so beutiful photos of them too! Also, as I am a hopelessly prejudiced towards the 19th C aestethical philosophies and am very fascinated by the Medieval-Wannabies of the 19th C, I couldn't help myself but fall in love with Marie Chantal's heartbreaking pre-Raphaelite costuming photos...
• Moy Bog Gown: A new reconstruction of the Moy bog gown has been added to the costume gallery at Historiska Världar. Even if not strictly german, the construction is a very useful study for the regular housebook style dress! Even if you are not versatile in swedish, the beutiful images are interesting enough on their own!

Historic Societies and Web communities

• Historiska Världar: another fun place where to hang out, at least if you know some swedish! However, an english section has recently opened. It is somewhat quite yet, that will hopefully change in time.
• Med Cos: The site is steadily growing and the discussion forums are increasily growing more lively. I have good hopes for it to become a very nice portal for anyone interested in historical costuming! For me there are too many discussions going on to follow them all, surprisingly (?) I mostly tend to just follow the 15th C forum...
• Nordrike: My friends from here are part of what have kept me going for all these years!

Inspiring reenactment societies

• 1476 Städtisches Aufgebot: don't miss their litteratur list!
• Nürnberger Aufgebot 1474
• Evocatio Ratisbonensis 1470 : have a wonderful article collection, that makes me wish I could read German... for exemple an essay on some clothing restriction from 1485
• 1475 Köln
• St Olofs Gille: A swedish reenactment society focusing on the 15th C.
• Vapenbrödraskapet Carnis: Fraternis Militia Carnis, not focusing on the 15th C, but the end of 14th C. However, still very inspiring!
• The Red Company
• The White Company
• Rete Amicorum: Don't miss the section on household items or costume experiences, found under "projects"!
• In Nova Corpora