29.12.2004, 21:46
Celebril a écrit :Celebril, qui s'interroge de plus en plus sur la vie "de tous les jours" sur la Terre du Milieu
Pour les vêtements (bon, je sais, c'est pas grand-chose, mais c'est mieux que rien) :
Dans la Lettre n°211, Tolkien a écrit :I do not know the detail of clothing. I visualize with great clarity and detail scenery and 'natural' objects, but not artefacts. [...] Except that males, especially in northern parts such as the Shire, would wear breeches, whether hidden by a cloak or long mantle, or merely accompanied by a tunic.
I have no doubt that in the area envisaged by my story (which is large) the 'dress' of various peoples, Men and others, was much diversified in the Third Age, according to climate, and inherited custom. As was our world, even if we only consider Europe and the Mediterranean and the very near 'East' (or South), before the victory in our time of the least lovely style of dress (especially for males and 'neuters') which recorded history reveals - a victory that is still going on, even among those who most hate the lands of its origin. The Rohirrim were not 'mediaeval', in our sense. The styles of the Bayeux Tapestry (made in England) fit them well enough, if one remembers that the kind of tennis-nets [the] soldiers seem to have on are only a clumsy conventional sign for chain-mail of small rings.
The gods forgot they made me, so I forget them too
I listen to the shadows, I play among their graves
I listen to the shadows, I play among their graves