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[venicone]

thanks Rich - got it to work now<br>
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Interesting to see your better half is wearing glasses - we arent allowed to which makes for interesting needlework<br>
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[venicone]

these first two photos are of my normal gear - these are handstiched woollen garments and the selved edged have been used as the top and the bottom of the garments.<br>
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The thrid one is my 'posh' frock which was made by one of our group members for me for an event at the British Museum last year - the event was 'East meets West' hence the silk !! Jenny this is the one I wear when its just toooo hot to wear the woolies!!!<br>
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[JRSCline]

Very nice photos, Co! Yes, they look hot, at least the woolies do -- were you wearing these in the Archaeon? I don't recall.<br>
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Nice shots also, Rich.<br>
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I'll have to do some more reading on ancient dyes. I seem to remember reading somewhere that greens are somewhat difficult to do, yellows also not easy, but blues and reds (and of course a zillion shades of brown) easier. Thoughts on this?<br>
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Also, there is no reason to suppose we must limit ourselves to solids, is there? I understand there is plenty of textile evidence for various patterns and plaids in ancient Europe.<br>
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Cheers<br>
Jenny<br>
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[venicone]

no I didnt wear these at archaeon - apart from one day when i instantly regretted it!<br>
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Certainly in the NW provinces there is lots of evidence of diamond twills, and half basket weave.<br>
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[richsc]

I have a good book on natural dyes, and the yellows and greens aren't that hard to do, but I have to check if the same dye sources were available in Europe, as madder and indigo are. <p></p><i></i>

[Anonymous]

The vittae of Roman women's hair (the mark of the matrona) wear wool for the wedding and cotton or linen for everday wear. At least according to Judith Sebesta; she chided me for assuming that the elaborate hairstyles of the Flavian dynasty were any more typical than what women today might do for special occasions. The thing is the binding, not necessarily the style itself. From another posting , the BMV look is a typical objection, until one realized that the usual depiction of Mary, the Mother of God, in the ROMAN Catholic church, portrayed Mary as not only a matrona (head properly covered with palla) but The Matrona, respectable and the very embodiment of Pudicitia.<br>
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[Anonymous]

I have found that you can get very nice pale yellow using saffron, which being derived from a mediterranean variety of crocus flower would have been readily available. Turmeric will give a very gaudy bright yellow (possibly available as trade did exist with the East) but it is not very colour-fast in bright sunshine.<br>
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A word of caution though - yellow is really for weddings. Also for prostitutes, who wear yellow because they are meant to go to each of their clients as a (pseudo) "virgin".<br>
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Claudia<br>
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Recent "Roman wedding"/blessing at Birdoswald (bride in saffron yellow with red veil) - for those who were there, pikkys on mysite.freeserve.com/romanwedding<br>
including 3 (now retired) vestal virgins (headresses and veils based on sculptural evidence), hair in traditional 6 vestal plaits. (Best wishes to the happy couple)<br>
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[richsc]

Say, I haven't seen that subarmalis in years! I guess that unit adopted it wholesale. Any idea how to contact them and get the pattern? <p></p><i></i>