Period bands in Collingwood

Peter Collingwood's The Techniques of Tablet Weaving is probably the most comprehensive book out there on tablet weaving in general. It also contains a lot of information on (SCA) period bands. However since the book is organised by technique and not by time or place, it can be hard to track these details down. Below for my own reference and that of other people is a list of items from the SCA period that I have found from skimming the 2002 book. If you notice something I've missed (and I'm bound to have missed something!) please let me know.
  • p108, 208, plate 167 Maniple of St Ulrich, diagonals and brocading
  • p109 Egyptian diagonals including medieval Finnish bands
  • p114, 217 12th century Sicilian Orphrey, diagonals and brocading
  • p117 12th century belt of Philip of Swabia, checkerboard effect with warp twining
  • p119 9th-10th century Germanic (Augsburg and Speyer) bands, lettering with warp twining
  • p122 "Anglo-Saxon" belt with card idling- more recent research suggests this belt is probably from the medieval period
  • p132 hunting horn belt of Herzon Julius van Braunschweig 1580-90, six-hole three-thread pattern
  • p137 Snartemo V
  • p 148 Danish bronze age hopsack
  • p149 9th-10th century Speyer, hopsack with warp floats
  • p152 late medival Icelandic antependium, hopsack with floats and warp twining
  • p155 early medieval St Maurice Switzerland plain weave and warp floats
  • p165 Iron age Dätgen, Germany, 2/1 twill
  • p196 12th century English/Scottish seal tags, doubleface
  • p199 Girdle from Iron age Dätgen, Germany, half turns between picks
  • p208 Viking (Evebo, Snartemo, Setrang) and other sources double faced 3/1 broken twill (Evebo pattern is on p221)
  • p212 picture of 12th centry stole from Arlon, Belgium, 3/1 broken twill
  • p219 12th century German "Aardvark pushing a lion mask" 3/1 broken twill + brocade
  • p233-235 Mammen, Denmark 3/1 broken twill
  • p239 Section on brocade begins, loads of period stuff
  • p258 Evebo tapestry
  • p278 12th century Durham, transposed warp

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