research

most of these have been posted before........i figured i'd post them here, where they are easy to get to in archives (versus where i had them before, in myspace, where you can't get at the archives unless you are a member) .............sorry to anyone who has read all this before........
i will try and post more of the new ones later...........this week has been interesting.......(if by interesting i mean that we slept alot and dealt with a case of bugs, yeah it's been interesting).....................
i also have a bunch of websites on tribal bellydance..........i'll get those up asap.........

if you have something that might be interesting, comment me..........if you have something you think i might wanna research, comment me..........i might blow you off, but then again, whatever piques the interest.............

GENERAL
There are a few that apply to the other categories later on down this page……….
-first off, artcyclopedia at http://www.artcyclopedia.com/ ……….look up a time period or nationality or both, see what you can see……….
-then, the web gallery of art……. http://www.wga.hu/index1.html ………I’ve never gotten the hang of it, but I’m told it’s an invaluable resource and to keep trying back…….
-then, something I’ve just found, but is really cool………. http://ibs001.colo.firstnet.net.uk/britishlibrary/index.jsp ……….it’s the british library, hooked to the british museum………again, search and ye shall find……..

-I’m gonna skip all the silly stuff, but if anyone is curious, I’ve got documentation on period cotton, and burn testing, things like that………..just write and ask………

VIKING
-first off, the Viking answer lady ……….. http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ ……….good starter info………..
-next, gelfling……… http://www.gelfling.dds.nl/wardrobe2.html ……….this wardrobe is superbly done…….she has links to patterns and other info on each specific clothing page……..good photos………
-and then, the godmother of sca Viking research………thora sharptooth’s articles……. http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/vikresource.html ………they are a little much to wade through, but it’s all good info………

MID-EASTERN
-dar anahita……… http://home.earthlink.net/~lilinah/courtyard.html ……..quite a bit of good info……..laid out rather uniquely………I’ve got a few other things in this list by her, just in much different places…….she has done quite a bit of research……
-also by by the same author…….. http://www.geocities.com/anahita_whitehorse/ottofemcloth.html ………some good pictures……..
-also by the same researcher…… http://home.earthlink.net/~al-qurtubiyya/16/kultur-16.html …….lots of pics……..very well done…….
-then, by cariadoc….. http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cariadoc/islamic_clothing.html ……….lots of words, just wade through…..
-garment myths, also anahita……. http://home.earthlink.net/~lilinah/Library/MEMyths.html ………also cultural myths…..lots of good info…..
-next, http://willofyre.com/OriginalSite/Clothing/periodmideastgarb.html ……..do’s and don’ts…….mistress safia……..long, but informative…..a little bit opinionated…..
-http://sca.raqsstorm.org/ottoman/ottomangarments.html …………a listing from inside to out of what an ottoman would wear…….
-then, http://www.sca.org.au/collegewar/ottoman.html ………a list of ottoman links…….at least some of them work, haven’t checked all of them……..
-some pictures……. http://ilaria.veltri.tripod.com/mideastwomen.html ………semi-decent closeups……..
-red khaganate…… http://www.geocities.com/kaganate/clothing.html ……..steppes people, but some of the patterns overlap…….
-seljuk/Levantine women’s garb…… http://www.levantia.com.au/clothing/turk_woman.html ………….in order, from skin out………no pics, but decent info…….
-decent info, pics in all those words…… http://www.roxanefarabi.com/ ………lots of info……
- http://www.kismeta.com/diGrasse/OttomanCostume.htm ……..can be donwloaded in PDF format………from a book………pics and info……….
-another guidline……. http://www.geocities.com/sayiddatahira/persian.html ……..persian specifically……
-and the best of all, a decent site for miniatures………the topkapi palace site….. http://www.ee.bilkent.edu.tr/~history/topkapi.html ………lots of good info…….

WELL, GOOD LUCK!!