ANST - medieval jewelry

[Walter J. Wakefield]

Here are some books that I have used for jewelry information.  At least
some should be available in your public library.  Or for anyone in the
Steppes area, I have most of these and don't mind people coming over for
a look and discussion of how to do some of the pieces.  Around 1100's,
rings might be your best bet.  After wimples become popular, there is not
much indication of earrings and relatively fewer necklaces.  Anyway, the
books...

Suzanna, herbalist

Ogden, Jack: Jewelry of the Ancient World, Rizzoli, 1982 - covers greece,
Rome thru Byzantine.  Excellent discussion of tools, materials, sources
of materials.

Sherr-Dubin, Lois: The History of Beads, Harry N. Abrams, NY, 1982 - lots
of pictures of beads, good discussion, covers all time periods

Hall, Richard: The Viking Dig, The Bodley Head, London - discusses some
of the excavations at York.  some jewelry included.

Hattatt, Richard: Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Dorset Publishing,
1982, repub. Anglia Publishing, 1994 - in-depth coverage of pins thru
early medieval period.

Higgins, R. A.: Greek and Roman Jewelry, Methuen and Co. Ltd, London,
1961 - mostly Greek and Roman, so a bit earlier than what you want.  but
might have some ideas.

Kuntz, George: Rings for the Finger, 1917, repub. Dover, NY - covers
rings only, some are period.  citations are not always sufficiently
detailed.  pictures are engravings, not photos.

Tait, Hugh, ed.: Jewelry; 7,000 Years, Abradale Press, 1991 - lots of
pictures, many from period.  good discussion.

I'm sure there are others.............

On Tue, 06 Jun 2000 18:50:13 -0500 STDRLC13 <STDRLC13 at shsu.edu> writes:
>Quick question: Where on earth do I find pictures of  medieval jewelry?
>I've been doing persona research and cannot for the life of me find any
>references or desriptions of  jewelry from France (hah!) from around
>1100-1150. Does anyone know of any archeology books that I can look in?
>I really want to find a primary source and while I can see from some
>illuminated manuscripts that the nobles are wearing jewelry there isn't
>enough detail for me to lift a design. Anybody got a suggestion?
>                    -Isabeau
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