Author: Pigozne, Ieva
Title: Krasas un to nozime baltu 3.-13. gadsimta apgerba / Colours and their Meanings in the 3rd-13th Century Baltic Dress
Description: Riga, Latvijas Nacionalais kultur, 2020. orig. boards. 24x18cm, 293 pages. Weighs 800 grams.. ISBN: 9789934528408. Minor wear. VG. Latvian / English text. ¶ ["The research analyzes the colors found in white 3rd - 13th century. in clothing textiles in the territory of modern Latvia. Colors are examined in three aspects: what they could have been, how they could have been obtained, what could have been the meaning of colors in clothing. The book is a scientific study in the history of clothing. The author shares the knowledge she has gained about clothing and its colors by organizing, systematizing and analyzing archaeological, ethnographic and folklore sources. "Exploring the two most frequently mentioned colors in Latvian folklore texts - white and black - has remained outside of this study. Mainly because they have not been found in wool fabrics in ancient clothing, also because they have not been dyed - never white, black until the 19th century. Their meanings in our folklore have gone a long way and branched widely: from white as the color of death and black as the color of earth and life in the Stone Age, to white as the color of purity and love, and black as the color of impurity and evil. The meaning of color is a symbol, and the older the symbol, the more meanings it has," says the author.Ieva P?gozne is a Doctor of Arts, cultural historian, researcher of the history and wearing traditions of Latvian clothing and shoes in Latvia" - translation of publisher's description].

Keywords: 9789934528408 Latvia, Baltic, Medieval Costume, Historical Textiles, Textile History, Antiquities, , ,