Carus-Wilson, E. M. (1969). Haberget: a medieval textile conundrum. Medieval Archaeology 13. Vol 13, pp. 148-166. https://doi.org/10.5284/1071507. Cite this via datacite
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Haberget: a medieval textile conundrum | ||||||
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Medieval Archaeology 13 | ||||||
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Medieval Archaeology | ||||||
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148 - 166 | ||||||
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Documentary, philological and archaeological evidence combine to suggest an identification of the 12th-13th century woollen cloth known as haberget. Old French and Latin texts mention `hauberge', `halbergetum' and variants thereon, while Magna Carta defines it as a cloth of two yards width. Made principally at Stamford, and woven in various qualities, it was worn by all social classes from royalty downwards, and its distinctive feature must have been its texture. Etymological connection with `hauberk' suggests that the cloth was reminiscent of chainmail, which was conventionally depicted in contemporary sculpture, MSS and embroidery by a criss-cross or diamond pattern. Such a pattern is seen in specimens of cloth woven in broken diamond twill from Viking and earlier contexts. The disappearance of haberget from the written records was probably due to the introduction of the horizontal loom and greatly refined techniques of finishing which removed the distinctive pattern of haberget woven on a warp-weighted loom. | ||||||
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