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Cloaks (Men)

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==Types of Cloaks==
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* Al-Udhri, a Spanish Muslim Geographer in 1083AD states that the Irish, or possibly the Icelanders, like to wear expensive clothing, particularly hooded cloaks. [OWEN-CROCKER 2004: p.266]. We know about this account due to Qazwini quoting parts of Al-Udhri in his C13th work. [WAITE 2000: p.310].
* |Discussion =
Oxen-Crocker comments that the hooded-cloak may have been in use ‘for a long time’ by the Anglo-Saxons. She draws attention to images of beggars on the Harley psalter which appear to wear some sort of hooded garment. [OWEN-CROCKER 2004: p.264]
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''A style of cloak edged with tablet weave bands where the threads that make up the <><> are left untrimmed to create a fringe.''
* Evebø, Norway,C5th. Body wrapped in an elaborate lightweight rectangular cloak with fringed edges ([PRIEST-DORMAN 1993)]* Thorsbjerg, Denmark, C2nd to C5th. ([EWING 2007, : p.71)]
* Vehenmoor, Germany,
([OWEN-CROCKER 2004, : p.108)]
Cloaks of this type would have to have been made on a Vertical loom?
==References==<nocite>EWING2007GRAHAM-CAMPBELL1980OWEN-CROCKER2004PRIEST-DORMAN1993WAITE2000</nocite><biblio force=false>#[[CategoryTemplate:Men's ClothingBib]]</biblio><HarvardReferences />