Textiles, Text, Intertext

Maren Clegg Hyer, Jill Frederick

Essays centred round the representation of weaving, both real and imagined, in the early middle ages.

Introduction - Maren Clegg HyerA Personal Recollection - Robin NethertonList of Publications of Gale R. Owen CrockerThe Language of Dress and Textiles in Wills of the Old English Period - Louise SylvesterOpus what? The Textual History of Medieval Embroidery Terms and Their Relationship to the Surviving Embroideries c. 800-1400 - Elizabeth CoatsworthIntertextuality in the Bayeux Tapestry: The Form and Function of Dress and Clothing - Michael LewisBirds of a Feather: Magpies in the Bayeux Tapestry? - Carol Neuman de VegvarThreads and Needles: The Use of Textiles for Medical Purposes - Christina LeeText, Textile, Context: Aldhelm and Word-weaving as Metaphor in Old English and Anglo-Latin Literature - Maren Clegg HyerThe Weft of War in the Exeter Book Riddles - Jill FrederickFyrene dracan in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - Marilina CesarioOld English in the Margins - Donald G ScraggWeaving Words on the Ruthwell Cross - Catherine E. KarkovFates of the Apostles and Tituli - Paul E SzarmachWeaving and Interweaving: The Textual Traditions of Two of Ælfric's Supplementary Homilies - Joyce HillInvisible Things in London, British Library, Cotton Vitellius A. xv - Elaine TreharneRedacting Harold Godwinson: the Vita Haroldi and William of Malmesbury - Martin Foys