A while ago, I stumbled upon the amazing and beautiful dresses in the Babenberg Family Tree through the blog Eme's Compendium. And since we've settled for a new concept in my medieval reenactement group, which just happens to be medieval nobility, it seemed as the perfect project to delve into.
Q: What is this blog about?
A: This blog is an attempt to "clean" the images of the noble ladies, in order to find out how the different costumes might have been made. Maybe I'll even try to recreate some of them over time.
Q: Are these dresses even period?
A: I have no idea. I'm not an archaeologist. On one side the Babenberg ruled Austria from 976–1248, which is definently not the late middle ages. The family tree however was made in 1489-1492 for the abbey of Klosterneuburg, maybe due to the canonization of Leopold III (Who was a Babenberg) in 1485. So it was certainly painted during the late middle ages. But I am no expert on medieval dresses, noble medieval dresses even less. So I'm going to assume that the painter painted more or less contemporary clothes on the noble ladies, and if anyone disagrees, I'd love to hear their theories.
Q: You want feedback?
A: Lots and lots of it! As I said, I'm no expert, so if you have any information that I don't, please let me know.
I am looking to start just a project! However, its almost impossible for me to find good thumbnails of each lady or even who those ladies are by name! Please keep up giving each lady a photo and profile!
SvarSlet