[Elfsea] New Book

[Don and Monica]

This book is very very kewl Rosalia's came in the mail last friday.

Darius
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From: "Vicki Marsh" <XaraXene at comcast.net>
To: "Steppes" <steppes at ansteorra.org>; "Elfsea" <elfsea at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 9:16 PM
Subject: [Elfsea] New Book


> Greetings, from Mistress Xene
>
> Cool stuff coming across the SCA-Laurel's page at:
> http://www.weavershand.com/ArelateStudioneuper.htm
>
> "Anna Neuper's Modelbuch,Early Sixteenth-Century Patterns for Weaving
> Brocaded bands"
> A small, leather-covered book of handwritten patterns for gold brocaded
> tabletwoven bands resides in the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel,
> Germany. Written in 1517 by Anna Neuper, a seventy-year old nun in the St.
> Clare Convent in Nürnberg, it contains forty-five different patterns with
> variations and is among the earliest pattern books for any textile
> technique. These patterns have been transcribed into modern charts and are
> presented with background information by Nancy Spies with Ute Bargmann.
This
> book is a must for every tablet weaver and anyone who can work from
graphed
> designs.
>
> Nancy Spies
> With
> Ute Bargmann
>
> Arelate Studio
> 1725 Trotting Court
> Jarrettsville MD 21084
> 410-692-2076
> $12 + $3 Shipping/Handling
> Payment may be made using any one of the following methods: PayPal (use
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> credit cards)
> Free shipping if ordered before 1 August 2003!
>
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