[Sca-cooks] "Leather and Leatherworking" (BMR book review)

[Susan Fox]

Thanks for this.  Allow me to forward to the Medieval Leatherworking 
list for you.

Selene Colfox, who can fix the inside AND the outside of a cow!
selene at earthlink.net

Sandra Kisner <sjk3 at cornell.edu> wrote:

> I know this isn't cooking related, but I'm not on any other SCA 
> lists.  Not to mention there may be some interest here.  Once again 
> I'll post a heavily-truncated bit of the original post, with a link to 
> the BMR website and an offer to forward the entire review to anyone 
> who is interested.  Please feel free to pass this on to other lists!
>
> Sandra
>
> Subject: BMR: Mould et al., Leather and Leatherworking (Hillyer)
> (from TMR 06.01.11)
>
> Quita Mould, Ian Carlisle, and Esther Cameron. Leather and 
> Leatherworking in Anglo-Scandinavian and Medieval York. The 
> Archaeology of York: Volume 17: The Small Finds: Fascicule 16 Craft, 
> Industry and Everyday Life. Published for York Archaeological Trust by 
> the Council for British Archaeology, 2003. Pp. viii + 364. $50.00 
> (pb).  ISBN1-902771-36-2.
>
> Perhaps there was an old saying among early medieval Londoners that 
> went something like this: "Never judge an Anglo-Scandinavian from York 
> until you walk a mile in his boots." Now it may be possible to 
> recreate the opportunity of gaining such an insight by utilizing 
> information found in this book.
>
> The text provides an in-depth report of the archeological discoveries 
> of leather objects found in York during excavations from the 1970s up 
> to 1999. Most of the items discussed were located at the excavation 
> site known as 16-22 Coppergate. Although leather usually decomposes in 
> the earth, the York excavations provided an abundance of leather goods.
> <major snippage> 

>
> The "Everyday Life" section succeeds as the most interesting part of 
> the book. All aspects of shoemaking are discussed extensively with 
> many illustrations and photographs. The changes of styles and 
> construction techniques from the ninth century to the fifteenth 
> century are expertly explained.  The specimens found in York are then 
> compared with other examples of such work found in other areas of 
> Europe. The discussion of the scabbard and knife sheath leatherwork 
> follows the same method of presentation.
> <rest of the article cut>
>
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