Tunic

Rønbjerg Mose

Pattern drawing based on Hald

This garment from the 1200s is of a 4-shafted twill. It has 2 large side gores, and at least a narrow gore in the front center.

• Tunic Length: c120 cm (42")
• Hem Circumference: c240 cm (94")

According to "Stella" hecaba@inspire.net.nz to 75years@yahoogroups 15 Feb 2002;  Porl Grinder-Hansen, curator Danish Middle Ages and Renaissance, Nat. Mus. of Denmark had this carbon14 dated in 1998 by the AMS-laboratory in Århus, Jutland, using the accelerator technique and calibrated according to Stuiver and Pearson 1993.  It was dated to c.1280.

Possible pattern drawing based remains

Some Sources:

• Hald, Margrethe. Ancient Danish Textiles from Bogs and Burials tr. Jean Olsen. Copenhagen: National Museum of Denmark, 1980.
• Nockert, Margareta. Bockstenmannen, Och Hans Dräkt. Halmstad och Varberg: Stiftelsen Hallands länsmuseer,
  1985

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Some Clothing of the Middle Ages - Tunics - Rønbjerg Mose, by I. Marc Carlson, Copyright 1996 This code is given for the free exchange of information, provided the Author's Name is included in all future revisions, and no money change hands-