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Medieval & Renaissance illustrations and artifacts relating to weaving and looms. See also Early Narrow-ware Looms in Period Artwork and these links on weaving and looms.
BACKSTRAP LOOMS
BAND LOOMS/TABLET-WEAVING LOOMS
- Mural cycle showing the processing of silk and flax at the Kanonikerhaus in Constance, Germany, c. 1320: fingerloop braiding and weaving on a band loom
- Arachne (fol. 29) and
Penelope (fol. 58), De mulieribus claris (BNF Fr. 598), beginning of the 15th century
- Arachne (fol. 30v) and Penelope (fol. 61v), De mulieribus claris (British Library, Royal 20 C. V), beginning of the 15th century
- Mary weaving in the Temple, Book of Hours (KB 76 F 21, fol. 14r), c. 1400-1410
- Annunciation, Pilgrimage of the Heart (BNF Fr. 376, fol. 116v), second quarter of the 15th century
- Mary weaving, Book of Hours (KB 135 J 50, fol. 14v), c. 1430-1450
- The Minyades scorn Bacchus, Ovid's Metamorphoses (BNF Fr. 137, fol. 42v), second half of the 15th century
- Annunciation, Vita Jesu Christi (BNF Fr. 181, fol. 10v), second half of the 15th century
- Annunciation, Festal Missal (KB 128 D 30, fol. 37r), c. 1460
- Italy, Secrets of Natural History (BNF Fr. 22971, fol. 38), c. 1480-1485
- Education of the Virgin, a book of hours (Bibl. Mazarine MS Faralicq 03, fol. 22), c. 1485-1495
- Mary weaving, Book of Hours and Prayer Book (MMW 10 F 14, fol. 88v), c. 1500-1525
- Mary at the loom from a fresco at the Church of St. Primus and Felicianus, Slovenia, 1504; detail shows her pattern-book
BOX LOOMS
FLOOR LOOMS
- Weavers (including a warp-weighted loom?), Reiner Musterbuch (ÖNB 507, fol. 2r), c. 1200-1220
- Mural cycle showing the processing of silk and flax at the Kanonikerhaus in Constance, Germany, c. 1320: a woman weaves while a child reels thread, silk-weaving (again, really more of a vertical loom)
- Weaving by Andrea Pisano, 1337-1342
- Naamah working at her loom, Egerton Genesis Picture Book (British Library, Egerton 1894, fol. 2v), c. 1360
- A weaver from a 14th century illustration at the Stadtbibliothek in Nuremburg (check out his feet!)
- Minerva (fol. 13) and
Tanaquil (fol. 70v), De mulieribus claris (BNF Fr. 598), beginning of the 15th century
- Tanaquil, De mulieribus claris (British Library, Royal 20 C. V, fol. 75), beginning of the 15th century
- Tanaquil, De mulieribus claris (British Library, Royal 16 G. V, fol. 56), early 15th century
- Arachne scorns Minerva, Ovid's Metamorphoses (BNF Fr. 137, fol. 73v), second half of the 15th century
- Weaver, Journey to the Holy Land (ÖNB 2838, fol. 107r), 1476
- Detail from the Triumph of Minerva frescoesby Francesco del Cossa at Palazzo Schifanoia, c. 1476-1484
- Arachne at the loom, Ovid's Metamorphoses (British Library MS Royal 17 E. IV, fol. 87v), late 15th century
- Arachne at the loom, Ovid's Metamorphoses (British Library, Royal 17 E. IV, fol. 87v), late 15th century (use the British Library's Images Online)
- A weaver in Eygentliche Beschreibung aller Stande auf Erden, 1568
- A family of weavers by Jodocus van Winghe
- Penelope at the loom, late 16th century
- Weaver in a stained glass roundel from Sternberk, c. 1580-1600
RIGID HEDDLE LOOMS
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