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==Mittens ==
''A glove where all of the fingers are in a single section.'' <br>
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* Hand-scio – a mitten [OWEN-CROCKER 2004: p.340]
*Waltharilied, 10th Century German Saga (current version written down in the 15th C). The Hero Walter (Walthari) loses his right hand in a fight against Hagen von Trjone (The same as in the Niebelungen Saga). During the evening drinking a Frank suggests to Walter that he could kill a deer and make himself a glove (whether with fingers or a mitten is unclear) from the skin, and if stuffed with wool could be used to make men believe it was a real hand (this suggests it would have been a fingered glove). [SCHEFFEL 1886: chapter 24]
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*'''Leather and fur Mittens''':*Oberflacht, Germany 7th Century. A pair of leather gloves/mittens (Handschuhe) was found in Grave 17. It is described as a "strange pair of leather gloves, with strong pleats on the back, and lined with a soft, almost disolved, cloth." [DÜRRICH & MENZEL 1847]*'''Woven Mittens''':* Scotland, Shetland, Jarlshof?. Woven mitten (described as a glove) discovered by peat cutting. [OLIVER 2012:p.184]:* Norway, Southern. woven mitten dating to c.800AD. Found in retreating glacial melt 2006-2011AD. [http://www.nrk.no/kultur-og-underholdning/1.10958978 (NRK 21/3/2013)]:* Frisia, 2 finds from Netherlands :**Dorestadt, 600-900AD. Made from 4 pieces of felted, woven cloth. [BRANDENBURGH 2009: p. 69-70]:**Aalsum, 750-900AD. Woven cloth mitten. [BRANDENBURGH 2009: p. 69, 71]:*Iceland:**Akranes Mitten or Garðar Mitten, found in 1881 on the peninsula Akranes, north of Reykjavik.It is a left mitten made from woven, red-brown cloth, 28cm long and 11cm wide with a gore to extend it out over the wrist and an inset thumb. Believed to be from the 10th Century [LEHMANN-FILHÉS 1896: p.29-30]:**Heynes Mittens found in 1960. A pair of child mittens connected by a braided band. They are made from a coarse vadmal cloth and pre-date the 12th Century, most likely dating to the 10th Century. [GUÐJÓNSSON 1962] The original text is in Iclandic, I have used the summary on this page for the information: http://www.medieval-baltic.us/vikmitten.html *'''Naalbound Mittens''' :* Iceland, 2 finds of nalebinding [WALTON 1989: p.343]:** Arneidarstadir, Fljótsdalshérad found 1889. Naalbound mitten of thick plied yarn, 26cm long, left hand. Believed to be from the 10th Century. [LEHMANN-FILHÉS 1896: p.29-30]:* Finland, possible fragments of nalebinding [WALTON 1989: p.343]
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For a discussion regarding nalebinding see [[Socks & Wrapsother foot coverings|Socks]].<br>A nålbundna mitten from Asle, Västergötland in Sweden found in the 1930s was up until 2002 dated to 1000 - 1200AD. Following a C14 test it has now been re-dated to 1510-1640 [http://www.historiska.se/historia/manadensforemal/2003/mfjanuari2003/ (SHM Online Jan 2003)].<br>
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==Gloves==
''A leather or cloth covering for the hand with separate sections for each finger''<br>
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