International Medieval Congress, Leeds, England (July 9-12, 2007)

Session 1006: Clothing, Law, and Art

• Dress for Festive Occasions and Mourning: Propriety and Strategies of Values in Early Medieval Frankish and Insular Law Codes
  Olga Magoula, University of Birmingham (UK)
• Clerical Regulation of Women's Garb: The Legatine Constitution of Cardinal Latino Malabranca
  Thomas M. Izbicki, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (USA)
• Sumptuous Objects in the Age of Sumptuary Laws: Fashion on Gothic Ivories
  Paula Mae Carns, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (USA)

Session 1201: New Thoughts on Old Textiles

• Visual Poetry: Micro-Narratives in the Nordic Oral Tradition, A Reading of the Overhogdal Tapestry
  Lena Elisabeth Norrman, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (USA)
• A Repository of Anglo-Saxon Embroidery: Anglo-Saxon Stitches and their Modern Counterparts
  Alexandra Mary Lester, Manchester Metropolitan University (UK)
• An Investigation on the Relationship between Textiles and Loom Types Based on a Study of Medieval Textiles from Lödöse and Lübeck
  Kathrine Vestergaard, Kobenhavns Universitet (Denmark)