cl-Romans-msg - 2/29/08 Clothing of Classical Rome. NOTE: See also the files: Roman-Recipes-art, cb-rv-Apicius-msg, Italy-msg, Roman-hygiene-msg, garum-msg, Byzantine-msg, fd-Romans-msg. ************************************************************************ NOTICE - This file is a collection of various messages having a common theme that I have collected from my reading of the various computer networks. Some messages date back to 1989, some may be as recent as yesterday. This file is part of a collection of files called Stefan's Florilegium. These files are available on the Internet at: http://www.florilegium.org I have done a limited amount of editing. Messages having to do with separate topics were sometimes split into different files and sometimes extraneous information was removed. For instance, the message IDs were removed to save space and remove clutter. The comments made in these messages are not necessarily my viewpoints. I make no claims as to the accuracy of the information given by the individual authors. Please respect the time and efforts of those who have written these messages. The copyright status of these messages is unclear at this time. If information is published from these messages, please give credit to the originator(s). Thank you, Mark S. Harris AKA: THLord Stefan li Rous Stefan at florilegium.org ************************************************************************ From: "C. L. Ward" <gunnora at vikinganswerlady.org> To: <ansteorra at ansteorra.org> Subject: RE: [Ansteorra] Questions about Toga's Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 11:41:21 -0500 >Gentile people I am in need of assistance. I >need some pics of different types of togas >and a time frame for them. If anyone could >help please let me know, I am haveing a toga > made for my wedding (which is comeing up sooooon). There's a good article on Roman clothing, with pics, at: http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/clothing.html There's a good pattern for a toga at: http://www.costumes.org/pages/timelinepages/ancientrome1.htm The toga was a semicircle, 9 feet across the straight edge, made of fine white wool. You had a draper to help you, and it went on wet, while the draper arranged the intricate pleating. For an excellent collection of illustrations of the various aspects of the toga, see: http://www.cwu.edu/~robinsos/ppages/resources/Costume_History/roman.htm Some other helpful articles: http://romegiftshop.com/romantoga.html http://www.ku.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/ SMIGRA*/Toga.html ::GUNNVOR:: From: "C. L. Ward" <gunnora at vikinganswerlady.org> To: <ansteorra at ansteorra.org> Subject: RE: [Ansteorra] Questions about Toga's Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 11:45:51 -0500 Damask said: I don't know there are "different types" of >togas, but you can look at ANY Greek or Roman >statuary and see what they look like, how they >drape, etc. It's really not that simple. If you miss the tunica underneath (which you can't always see as a separate garment in the statuary) then you'll never get the look right. And the draping had several required features that need some explanation. It's kind of like a modern man's necktie - you can attach it around your neck in dozens of ways, but only one or two get the correct look (and I don't know how you'd ever figure out a double Windsor knot from text or a photo, lol). ::GUNNVOR:: Date: Sat, 04 May 2002 22:44:41 -0500 From: Anthony Lackey <catan at webzone.net> To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Questions about Toga's Chass Brown wrote: > Gentile people I am in need of assistance. I need some pics of different > types of togas and a time frame for them. If anyone could help please let me > know, I am haveing a toga made for my wedding (which is comeing up sooooon). Chass, go to the library and look at Colleen McCullough's series of books about Rome and Julius Caesar. She's done extensive research into the daily life of the period, including the cut of the toga. Go to her glossary and notes in the back (alphabetically arranged) and look up toga. I think you will find this helpful. Catrin From: Marc Carlson [marccarlson20 at hotmail.com] Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 10:12 PM To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org Subject: [Ansteorra] Re: Questions about Toga's Wilson, Lillian May. The Roman toga. (Johns Hopkins University studies in archaeology; no. 1) Baltimore The Johns Hopkins press 1924. Excellent pictures. Marc/Diarmaid From: Marilyn Traber <marilyn.traber.jsfm at statefarm.com> To: "'sca-cooks at ansteorra.org'" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org> Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 09:26:38 -0500 Subject: [Sca-cooks] Bunny Fur Bikinis First off - for pretty much all things roman: http://www.ku.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/home.html Piazza Armerina has teh 'bikini girls' mosaic: http://www.piazza-armerina.it/mosaici/photo/index.html in gallery page 1. a sports page with roman sports: http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/w/x/wxk116/romeball.html garb links: http://acasun.eckerd.edu/~dagorhir/garb/garblinks.html roman artifact - leather 'bikini' bottoms: http://www.heritage-images.com/item/default.asp?i=330000271&p=as&hr=%2Fsearc h%2Fdefault%2Easp%3Faction%3Dgotopage%26searchtype%3D0%26searchtext%3Dbikini %26searchin%3D0%26category%3D%26rowcount%3D%26keywordtype%3D%26lightboxid%3D %26resultid%3D83998%26pagenum%3D So. No bunny fur bikinis, however - doumentation for leather bottoms for those indulging in exercise with other women and possibly as an acrobatic performer. Not something that a 'nice' well brought up woman of good family would wear [they wouldn't be dancers or acrobats] out of the woman's area of the baths [where exercise was generally done unless you had a large enough dwelling to include baths and a gymnasium.] Bandeau top, unspecified material. Possibly fabric such as linen. I would also surmise that bottoms may have also been made of linen, just none managed to survive. margali [who also plays Hyapatia Asinia] From: Hillary Greenslade <hillaryrg at yahoo.com> Date: November 16, 2006 6:36:09 PM CST To: ansteorra <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org> Subject: [Ansteorra] Roman Garb Greetings, In honor of our Ansteorran heirs, Romanius and Deanna, some of you may wish to create Roman Garb to wear during their reign. I found this list of websites on roman garb and roman themed reenactment groups, from the medieval trivia yahoo group, enjoy. Hillary --------------------------------------------------- Posted by: "Shane B" Wed Nov 15, 2006 3:47 am (PST) > There are plenty of roman groups out there with the info you > seek. Here are some of their web sites. > If you want more just google up Legio and see what pops up > > <http://www.larp.com/legioxx/civcloth.html > http://www.larp.com/legioxx/civcloth.html > http://www.legionxxiv.org/ > <http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/3296/index.htm > http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/3296/index.htm > http://legxv.uio.no/ <the end> Edited by Mark S. Harris cl-Romans-msg Page 4 of 4