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On the Elizabethan costume page, I found the scans of the 'Tailor’s Book of Enns', and I got really, really exited. I read trough all the scans, before falling in love with page 11. This was a bad thing, because I had made some plans. I would finish my Harry Potter dress robes, and then begin to make the flemish working woman. Not anymore!
I thought that stealiing the text to the image would be a good idea, so here it is. You all know where I found it. At the Elizabethan costume page, it was suggested that the sentence was 'from the shoulder on 1 ell long to the doublet point. Take 2 ells.' I think they mean: 'From the shoulder to the hand 1 ell long. Take 2 ells'. That would mean that you were to take one ell for each sleeve.
| Zü disen Rocke Nim 4 eln Samt Zum der präng 3/4 2 1/2 eln leinbat zu fütter? von der axl an 1 eln lang vällischarf. Nim 2 elen | For this Rock take 4 ells Velvet to the pattern 3/4, 2 1/2 ells linen to line it, from the shoulder on 1 ell long (charf=piece of fabric? What is vällis?) Take 2 ells |
Of course, as a child of the metric system, the measurements puzzled me. Fortunately, I have my lexica. 1 Norwegian alen (1 ell) = 2 feet. A foot i= 12 inches.
04 May 03
Before falling asleep last night, I printed the image. I should naver have done
that! I ended up sewing a little copy of the body of the garment from some
scraps that I had lying around. I didn't fall asleep until 3 o'clock, I had
fallen in love, and I just kept looking at it. I even made some shots:
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