The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines.

The essays collected here continue the Journal's wide-ranging and eclectic tradition. Topics include literary evidence for linen armour; serial production in late medieval silks; the inventory of Isabella Bruce's bridal goods; the depiction of women textile workers in the frescoes of the Salone of the Palazzo della Ragione in Padua, Italy; ideal female beauty in the Middle Ages and the means used to attain and assess it; and social status as evidenced by clothing and textiles in the Scottish royal treasurer's accounts of the mid-sixteenth century.

Contributions by: Darrelyn Gunzburg, John Block Friedman, Melanie Schuessler Bond, Michael Peter, Sean Manning, Valeria Di Clemente