Undergarments & Accessories

This comprehens ive report represents a landmark in the publicatio n of medieval finds from excavation s in York. It encompasse s very large assemblage s of medieval artefacts of a wide variety of materials, including iron, non-ferrou s metal, stone, jet, amber, fired clay, glass and textile. These were recovered from four major sites in York.

The use of bells to trim baldrics, belts, and other garments for 14th and 15th century outfits.

A summary of accessorie s for outfits for Italian women in the early 16th century.

A large, and so far unpublishe d, collection of belts and belt mounts made of modest materials that were found in the southern part of the Netherland s shows that even common late medieval men and women decorated their accessorie s with a lot of shiny mounts, with which they deliberate ly or unintentio nally impressed the people they met in the street. Their adornments varied from rivets via fake coins and imitation coats of arms to entire texts: the bling-blin g of the Late Middle Ages.

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