Estonia — Dress

The earliest published knit fragment from Estonia dates to the 13-14th centuries, and is believed to have been a woman’s mitten. The other technique used for making mittens, gloves and socks was naalbinding.

• A Study of a 13th Century Votic Knit Fragment by Anneke Lyffland [PDF].
• Jüri Peets. 1987. Totenhandschuhe im Bestattungsbrauchtum der Esten und anderen Ostseefinnen Fennoscandia archaeologica IV:105-116 [PDF]
  
  German language article, discusses the Votic mitten above, as well as other naalbinded and knitted gloves, mittens and socks.

Clothing information online appears to be rarer to find:

• Estonians on the console of the triumphal arch of the Karja Church, 13th c. From here.
• Figure 17: Diagram of a garment from Parisselja, region Pärnu-Jaagupi (Estonia), 14th-15th centuries, from
  
  Nahlik, Adam. 1965. Tkaniny Wsi Wschodnioeuropejskiej X-XIII W. Acta Archaologica Lodziensia, 13.

Estonia - Architecture

Building Materials

• Baltic Sea Heritage
• Traditional Building Materials of the Baltic Sea Region [PDF]
• Plaster Conservation at Pöide Church, a 13th century church on Saaremaa. [PDF]

Building Structures

• Andres Tvauri (2007) Air Heating System in Medieval Vijandi, and Elsewhere in Estonia Viljandi Muuseumi aastaraamat pp.75-100.
  
  Discusses 14-15th century hypocaust heating systems.
• Riina Juurik, Anti Lillak (2007) Archaeological Investigations at the Castle of the Teutonic Order in Viljandi Viljandi Muuseumi aastaraamat pp.101-111.
• Arvi Haak (2006) Archaeological Excavations at Helme Castle of the Teutonic Order in 2006 Viljandi Muuseumi aastaraamat pp. 76-85

Lighthouses

• Baltic Lights: Historic Lighthouses
• Kõpu Lighthouse

Estonia - Arts

General

Estonian History in Pictures

The Tartu Recorder

• Taavi-Mats Utt “Medieval Recorder Found in Tartu” Estonian Music Review No. 9, 2006
• Andres Tvauri and Taavi-Mats Utt “Medieval Recorder from Tartu, Estonia” Estonian Journal of Archaeology (11)2 2007, pp.141-154
• A Memento: The Medieval Recorder
  by Nicholas S. Lander

Jewellery

• Ülle Tamla, Harvi Varkki “Learning the Technologies of Making Beaded Wire” Estonian Journal of Archaeology 13(1) 2009
• Bibliography of finds of jewellery [PDF]

Carving

• Trapezoid Tombstones [PDF]
• When She Strides She Clatters, includes a photo of a 13-14th century sculpture of individuals in Estonian dress

Working with Bone

• Heidi Luik “Could Broken Combs have had New Lives?” Estonian Journal of Archaeology 12(2) 2008

Medieval

• Jüri Kuuskemaa Gothic Art in Estonia Estonian Art 1 1997. Sadly the pictures no longer load.

Renaissance

• Bernt Notke, German Renaissance artist whose artwork can be found in Tallinn.
• Helena Risthein “The Altarpiece of the Tallinn Brotherhood of Blackheads” Estonian Art 6(2) 1999
• Jüri KuuskemaaThe Renaissance in Estonia Estonian Art 2 1997

Latvia - Language

• Medieval Latvian Given Names
  by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (Sara L. Uckelman) Contains names listed as being prior to 1650, up to M.
• Annotated Bibliography of Lithuanian & Latvian Name Books by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (Sara L. Friedemann)

Lithuania - Archaeology

Leather and Textile Archaeology

• The archaeological tablet-woven bands in the National Museum of Lithuania [PDF]by Virginija Rimkut?, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania.
• Five 16th century leather purses from the Karmelava necropolis.At the Vytautas the Great War Museum Link updated 11/12/09

Metal, Weapons and Jewellery

• 1-4th century archaeological finds
• 5-9th c. jewellery
• 9-12th c. grave, with jewellery and weapons
• 10-12th c. jewellery
• Jânis Ciglis “Some notes on the chronology of Latgallian and Selonian artefacts in the Middle Iron Age” Archeologia Lituana (2)2001 [PDF]
• Arnis Radins “X–XIII amži? latgali? kap? laidosena ir ?kap?s” [10-13 centuries, Latgallian graves [with?] old cords and shroud]
  Archeologia Lituana (2)2001 [PDF]
• Andrejs Vasks “The Kalnazîverti pectoral ornament: archaeology and folklore” Archeologia Lituana (7)2006 [PDF]
• Audron? Bliujien? “Curonian Bead Sets with Bronze Spacer Plates and their Scandinavian Parallels” Fornvaennen (96) 2001 [PDF]
• Audron? Bliujien? “Some Notes on Curonian Women’s Bead Sets with Bronze Spacer Plates in their Headbands, Headdresses made of Cloth and Unaccountable Ware During the Viking Age and Early Medieval Times” Archaeologia Baltica (6) 2006 [PDF]

Numismatics

• Article in Lithuanian at the National Museum

Amber

• Articles at the Palanga Amber Museum
• The Baltic Amber Bibliography

General Resources

Here are resources, like databases and journals, that are useful.

• Acta Historica Tallinnensia. Primarily Estonian-language history journal focusing on Estonian and Baltic history.
• Archaeologia Lituana Lithuanian language archaeological journal. You can browse through the English version for summaries that interest you, but need to switch to the Lithuanian version of the site to download the entire article.
• Archaeologia Polonia has its’ archives available for free online up to 2006.
• Baltistica. Lithuanian language history journal. You can browse through the English version for summaries that interest you, but need to switch to the Lithuanian version of the site to download the entire article.
• De Cultu Civili Estonico (Estonian Culture Magazine) published by the Estonian Institute. Largely is focused on modern history and culture in Estonia, but also has articles discussing medieval history, including the Baltic Germans.
• eLABa, short for elektronini? Lietuvos Akademini? Biblioteka (Lithuanuian electronic Academic Library just doesn’t have the same ring to it.) It allows you to search for scholarly articles published in Lithuanian journals, that often can be downloaded for free.
• The Estonian Art Journal
• Estonica: Encyclopedia about Estonia
• Estonian Journal of Archaeology has some of its’ volumes online: 2006

2007 onwards, and the subscription site for non-open volumes.

• Fornvännen has put its’ archives from 1906-2005 online, for free, in PDF format.
• Lituanistica. Lithuanian language journal with a focus on history and culture. The articles often have English summaries
• Lituanus, quarterly English-language journal focusing on Lithuania. It seems everything over one year old is freely available in their archives.
• Medžiagotyra [Materials Science] Lithuanian journal occasionally has articles on textiles.
• Viljandi Muuseumi aastaraamat [Yearbook of Viljandi Museum], an Estonian-language journal, with English and German summaries, covering topics such as archaeological finds in Vijandi Parish.

Lists of Museums with Websites:

• The Latvian Museum Association (Latvian language)
• Latvian Museums on LatNet.
• Association of Lithuanian Museums
• Museums of Lithuanuia
• Information Centre of Estonian Museums by the Estonian Museum Association

Lithuania - The Žiemgala Journal

The following list, is of articles that are hopefully of interest, published in the journal Žiemgala (ISSN: 1392-3781)

This is based off an