User talk:Gribbit

Dear Gribbit,

I'm sorry for the delay in replying, and even sorrier that I am not likely to be much use to you. I did add the footnote to this book, which weas published by a small printing house and is not in mainstream libraries. I did rely on online summary of its contents. Most of the material I have is from art historical literature on Leonardo. I think the book itself was very superficial - like Asser's Historic Hairdressing and Keyes' Women's Hairstyles. I would suggest that you could write to the Renaissance art specialists in galleries with significant art collections. The London National Gallery created a reconstruction of the costume, hair etc in van Eyck's Arnolfini Marriage Portrait, so they may have information on people to contact or scholarly articles on Renaissance hair.

Sorry I can't be of more use to you.

Paul B 11:38, 5 September 2006 (UTC)