RE: Re: [Mid] Authentic Cotton

I don't have the book at hand (Standard Excuse #3: books @ home,
person @ work), but I seem to recall that, by the mid-14th century,
the entire Egyptian cotton crop was being purchased by Italian
merchants, especially the Venetians.

Vlad de Jaffa
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>Date: 1/14/02 8:54:29 AM
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>In a message dated Sun, 13 Jan 2002 10:48:13 AM Eastern Standard
Time, "Ross & Deb Kerr" <dkmurphy@advant.net> writes:
>
>> I realise this would not qualify as "documentation," but
perhaps it will
>> make some gentles feel better about their cotton garb. Unless
all these
>> websites I googled in about ten minutes are giving our incorrect
>> information, cotton was indeed available to people in Europe
during the
>> Middle Ages. It may have been difficult to acquire or expensive,
but
>> nothing in these websites addresses those issues, so I do
not know. But,
>> logically, would you think it would have been as available
and pricey as
>> silk?
>> The one thing I do know, I see a lot of cotton worn as
garb, and it has
>> never offended me.
>
>I think, when we started this thread, the gentleman who was
new was asking about reasonably cost-effective ways to get started
with garb and equipment in the SCA.
>
>I'm with you, Medb. When folks are giving it their best shot,
go them!! And when we can find that great piece of authentically-compatible
fabric, we should share with others so that all may benefit.
>
>Katarina Peregrine
>Gwyntarian, Middle
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