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Elf's List of Links (Norse/Viking)

2/20/2013

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My Shire's clothing guild has a Facebook page that now includes documents for sharing links for various time periods/regions for garb.  I added my Viking links to it today, and while I am at it, I am also adding them here.  I pulled these about a year ago, so need to add in quite a few more that I have found since.  Hopefully will do it in the next couple of weeks!

General Links:
Hurstwic - overview of both men's and women's clothing:
http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/daily_living/text/clothing.htm

Viking Answer Lady:
http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/clothing.shtml
Viking clothing from Russia:
Viking Clothing from Russia:
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisandpeter/sarafan/sarafan.htm

Non-english site with Viking clothing drawings:
http://hem.passagen.se/susbrom/KLADER.HTM
Non-english site with some fantastic images (from Finland I think):
http://www.student.oulu.fi/~jek/liitteet.html


Reenactment Groups:
Vikings of Bjornstad:
  • http://www.vikingsofbjornstad.com/
Anglo-Saxon and Viking Reenacting (Great site!):
  • http://www.regia.org
Lothene - Experimental Archeology:
  • http://www.lothene.org/vikings.html
The Vikings Reenacment Group:
  • http://www.vikingsonline.org.uk/resources/index.htm
Oxford University Reenactment Society:
  • http://users.ox.ac.uk/~wychwood/costume.shtml
Non-english site with some fantastic images (from Finland)
  • http://www.student.oulu.fi/~jek/liitteet.html
The Vikings Reenacment Group:
  • http://www.vikingsonline.org.uk/resources/index.htm
Oxford University Reenactment Society:
  • http://users.ox.ac.uk/~wychwood/costume.shtml
Fantastic Photo Galleries from a European Group:
  • http://www.fletcherey-hammelbacher.de/6.html
Ravensborg - US based group with a focus on research and experimental archaeology:
  • http://www.ravensborg.org/Ravensborg_Welcome.html

Men's Garb:

Birka Style Men's Kaftan:
  • http://www.gelfling.dds.nl/viking%20kaftanm.html
PDF with three period styles of men's pants:
  • www.tjurslakter.nl/vikingbroeken.pdf
An Archaeological Guide to Viking Men's Clothing:
  • http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/mensgarb.html
Viking Tunic Reconstruction:
  • http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/viktunic.html
Birka Style Tunic:
  • http://www.gelfling.dds.nl/viking.html
Tunic and hood from Skjoldehamn Find:
  • http://www.medieval-baltic.us/skjold.html
Men's Viking Coat:
  • http://www.fortunecity.com/athena/feather/109/Rollo/coat/coat.htm
Tunic construction and decorative seam finishing:
  • http://muirgheinsas50.blogspot.com/
Archeological Guide to Viking Men's Garb:
  • http://gersey.tripod.com/history/garb.html

Women's Clothing:
Viking Women (possibly one of the most comprehensive documents on the web)
  • http://urd.priv.no/viking/smokkr.html
10th Century Viking Style Apron Dress
  • http://genvieve.net/sca/vikingapron.html
900 AD Viking Apron Dress
  • http://www.caitlinsclothing.com/viking.html
Viking Kaftan
  • http://www.gelfling.dds.nl/viking%20kaftan.html
Clothing for Gunhilda Adeleva Amberstar's Pelican Ceremony
  • http://homepage.mac.com/wolfpaws/redwulf_mac/gunhilda_dress/gunhilda_dress.html
Molly's Viking Dress
  • http://www.drafnwarband.org/fgarb.html
Norse Dress
  • http://housebarra.com/EP/ep03/07norsedress.html
Historika Varldar (non-English but nice images):
  • http://histvarld.historiska.se/histvarld/draekter/vkvinna/huvudduk.html
Reconstructed Viking Woman's Outfit
  • http://www.shelaghlewins.com/reenactment/viking_womans_outfit/viking_womans_outfit.htm
Images of Norsewomen
  • http://www.medieval-baltic.us/vikvalkyrie.html
Reconstructing a Hanging Dress
  • http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisandpeter/hangerock/hangerock.htm
Reconstructed Finnish Costume
  • http://www.kaspaikka.fi/savonlinna/muinaispuku/sivut/eura.htm
Reconstructing a Viking Dress
  • http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisandpeter/hangerock/hangerock.htm
Viking Female Costume Interpretations
  • www.gav.org.uk/Research/Hangerock%20Designs.pdf
Viking Dress Styles for Reenactors
  • www.dragonbear.com/text/VikingApronDress.doc
Norse Apron Dress
  • http://tasha.gallowglass.org/sca/handouts/aprondresses/
Apron Dress
  • http://www.dragonlore.net/costuming/apron_dress_3gore.php
Undergown
  • http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/skjolha.html
Viking dress
  • http://www.kimvdlinde.com/private_english/reenactment/clothes/Viking_dress_2.html
Simple Clothing for Viking Women
  • thorsonandsvava.sccspirit.com/pdf.../Viking_handout_women.pdf
Apron dress with applique bears
  • http://isabellesgarb.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/viking-apron-dresswith-black-bears/
Simple Clothing for Viking Women
  • thorsonandsvava.sccspirit.com/pdf.../Viking_handout_women.pdf
Viking Age Apron Dress
  • http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/mjc/sca/aprond.html

Textiles/Dyes/Stitches
Textiles of the Oseberg Ship:
  • http://www.forest.gen.nz/Medieval/articles/Oseberg/textiles/TEXTILE.HTM
Viking Age Dyestuffs
  • http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/vikdyes.html
Dark Age Colors
  • http://www.42nd-dimension.com/NFPS/nfps_colours.html
Dark Age Stitch Types
  • http://www.42nd-dimension.com/NFPS/nfps_stitches.html
Archeological Sewing
  • http://heatherrosejones.com/archaeologicalsewing/wool.html
Natural Dye Colors
  • http://historicenterprises.biz/fabrics-colors-c-100_198_200.html
Coloured Clothes in Medieval Scandinavian Literature and Archaeology
  • http://thorewing.net/articles/colouredclothing/
Dark Age Colours
  • http://www.rosieandglenn.co.uk/TheLibrary/Costume/CnTGuides/General/Colours.htm
Medieval Textiles Gallery
  • http://www.medievaltextiles.org/gallery/gallery5.html
Dark Age Fabrics
  • http://www.rosieandglenn.co.uk/TheLibrary/Costume/CnTGuides/General/Fabrics.htm



Embellishment

Tablet Weaving Gallery (Amazing brocades!)
  • http://www.debrahofer.com/galleryweaving.shtml
Mammen Embroidery
  • http://heatherrosejones.com/mammen/index.html
Birka and Snartemo Tablet Weaving
  • http://www.theloomybin.com/cw/viking.html
Viking Embroidery Stitches and Motifs
  • http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/vikembroid.html
Birka Style Tablet Weaving
  • http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/birkarcp.html
Hallstat Tablet weaving
  • http://www.leatherchain.com/research/hallstatt.htm
Anglo Saxon Embroidery
  • http://www.box.com/shared/v1119qarns
Applique tutorial
  • http://stores.renstore.com/-strse-template/0710b/Page.bok
Silberknoten - wire woven embellishments for garb:
  • http://www.silberknoten.de/en/index.php?id=3

Accessories

Norse Age Belts (class notes)
  • http://issuu.com/marklandeoforgriffith/docs/norse_age_belts
Medieval Hoods
  • http://nvg.org.au/article.php?story=20080307113034214
Footwear of the Middle Ages
  • http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/shoe/SHOEHOME.HTM
Belt Pouch from Birka
  • http://www.holyort.net/projects/Leatherworking/birkapouch/birkapouchdocs.htm
Viking Beads
  • http://juliemerrett.blogspot.com/2008/12/viking-beads.html
Norse Accessories
  • http://www.angelfire.com/mi4/snotravanta/Accessories/Norsewidgets.htm
Viking Silk Cap
  • http://genvieve.net/sca/vikingcap.html
Medieval Hoods
  • http://nvg.org.au/article.php?story=20080307113034214
Hedeby Hood
  • http://www.rosieandglenn.co.uk/TheLibrary/Costume/CnTGuides/Viking/HedebyHood.htm



Historic/Scholastic/Museum Sites

British Museum - PDF of items on loan for Viking exhibit in 2014
  • http://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/Vikings%20Protection%20from%20Seizure%20for%20website,%20for%20publishing%20DECEMBER%202013-FINALv2.pdf
Viking Women
  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/women_01.shtml
University of Oslo (Sciringes - Norway's first town)
  • http://www.kaupang.uio.no/eng/index.html
Collection of Viking era images from various places
  • http://www.drakt.org/Viking.html
The Viking Society (web based versions of their publications)
  • http://vsnrweb-publications.org.uk/
Extant box brooch
  • http://amica.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/search?q=AMICOID=MMA_.1982.323.2%20LIMIT:AMICO~1~1&sort=INITIALSORT_CRN%2COCS%2CAMICOID&search=Search
Replicas of jewelry from Sweden
  • http://www.arkeodok.com/vikingcopies.html
Vikings - The North Atlantic Saga
  • http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/start.html
Norse Burials
  • http://thehumanjourney.net/html_pages/microsites/vikingburial/indepth.htm
Viking Horde
  • http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8224000/8224173.stm
Viking Recreation Article
  • http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nordland/1.6799676
Historik Museum - Turtle Brooch with fabric loops
  • http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/bild.asp?uid=337406
Cambridge History of Western Textiles Vol 1 (Google books, I recommend buying the whole book!)
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=ZljldSpV28UC&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=iron+age+textiles&source=bl&ots=iKOYYTj1qt&sig=e5VXghxFmzDcmlucmlbn6LynUw&hl=en&ei=7s_ES9KDPIP88AaIhNzADw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CBYQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=iron%20age%20textiles&f=false
Denmark National Museum
  • http://oldtiden.natmus.dk/udstillingen/vikingetiden/language/uk/
Denmark National Museum
  • http://www.vikingsofbjornstad.gbtllc.com/MuseumCopenhagen.htm
Scandinavian Gold Medallion
  • http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/2001.583
Journal of Archeology (some period weaving info)
  • http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/jalc/02/nr01/a02
Photo site for the collections in the Norwegian museums(AMAZING):
  • http://www.unimus.no/foto/#
Photos from Viking York:
  • http://www.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/piclib/photos.php



Blogs

  • http://brigidavadesbana.blogspot.com/
  • http://oldnorsenews.org/
Jenny Dean's Blog - author of Wild Color: http://www.jennydean.co.uk/wordpress/?p=888
  • http://growingcolour.blogspot.com/ Natural Dye blog
  • http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/5682
  • http://viking-archaeology-blog.blogspot.com/
  • http://www.treheima.ca/Gotland_2011.html
  • Field trip to Gotland http://thedreamstress.com/2012/01/terminology-the-socalled-viking-apron-dress/

Merchants

http://www.vault-of-valhalla.com/

http://thehoodedhare.com/aprondresses.htm

http://www.urweg.com

http://www.jelldragon.com/

http://www.craftycelts.com/

http://www.northan.net

http://historicenterprises.com

http://www.renaissancedyeing.com/

http://www.asgardcrafts.co.uk

http://www.reenactorsshop.de/product_info.php?language=en&info=p2079_Viking-Clothing-Book.html

http://www.othalacraft.pl

http://www.silberknotenshop.de/?language=en

http://www.jorgencraft.com

Bibliographies and Recommended Books

Viking Garment Bibliography:
  • http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/vikgarment.html

Finnish Viking Bibliography:
  • http://www.katajahovi.org/SatuHovi/muinaispukuKirjallisuus.html
3 Comments
FlorentineScot link
3/4/2013 06:30:29 am

awesome! Some of those I'd never seen before!~

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Sam Shoults link
5/16/2014 04:49:18 am

Great list of merchants and groups, but you have left off the fastest growing and open to all viking reenactment site in America! Ravensborg! We have reenactment gatherings here twice a year and are open to all viking age reenactors free of charge. Come and see us in April for the Return of the Sun. :)

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Álfrún ketta
5/18/2014 11:32:19 pm

Thank you for the info! I had not previously come across your group in my searches but I have now added it to my list :-)

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