Uploaded September 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
I sewed accurate (ish)11th century Medieval Jewish clothes from Spain / Al-Andalus. And a cosplay from Guy Gavriel Kay's historical fantasy book The Lions of Al-Rassan. And it's the same outfit.
This costume is the inevitable collision of my love of historical costuming, good fantasy books, and my Judaism. I've been reconnecting with my Jewish heritage and learning about the history of my people through historical sewing projects to make the clothes they wore. Jews lived all over Europe (and Asia, and Africa) in the middle ages, but present-day Spain was one the best places for a medieval Jew to be. Al-Andalus, as its Islamic rulers called the Iberian peninsula, already had a larger Jewish population than the rest of Europe and quickly gained more by treating Jews better than neighboring Christian territories. While Jehane bet Ishak, the female physician and main character of Lions of Al-Rassan isn't explicitly Jewish, Guy Gavriel Kay's universe clearly parallels our own with all the names changed. His historical setting is clear enough that I was able to focus in on the mid-11th century, and design and sew an outfit for Jehane as though she were a real person living in our world.
This costume was entirely hand-sewn, and includes historically accurate, historically-adequate, and completely fantastical elements.
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For business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragonStitches at Gmail dot Com
I do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.
Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 3884, Berkeley CA, 94703! Letters or cards only please.
Yael's Insagram : instagram.com/artsyaelg
Hatter's Tumblr : idkinsertfanreferencehere.tumblr.com
Shoshi's channel : @CostumeLiterate
Music :
Fantasy Motion [loop ready] by Alexander Nakarada
Link: filmmusic.io/song/8059-fantasy-motion-loop-ready
License: filmmusic.io/standard-license
Cordoban tiraz : museoimaginadodecordoba.es/2009/el-tiraz-de-hisham-ii-de-la-real-academia-de-la-historia?lang=en
I sewed accurate (ish)11th century Medieval Jewish clothes from Spain / Al-Andalus. And a cosplay from Guy Gavriel Kay's historical fantasy book The Lions of Al-Rassan. And it's the same outfit.
This costume is the inevitable collision of my love of historical costuming, good fantasy books, and my Judaism. I've been reconnecting with my Jewish heritage and learning about the history of my people through historical sewing projects to make the clothes they wore. Jews lived all over Europe (and Asia, and Africa) in the middle ages, but present-day Spain was one the best places for a medieval Jew to be. Al-Andalus, as its Islamic rulers called the Iberian peninsula, already had a larger Jewish population than the rest of Europe and quickly gained more by treating Jews better than neighboring Christian territories. While Jehane bet Ishak, the female physician and main character of Lions of Al-Rassan isn't explicitly Jewish, Guy Gavriel Kay's universe clearly parallels our own with all the names changed. His historical setting is clear enough that I was able to focus in on the mid-11th century, and design and sew an outfit for Jehane as though she were a real person living in our world.
This costume was entirely hand-sewn, and includes historically accurate, historically-adequate, and completely fantastical elements.
Join my Patreon for behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudios
Or, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragon
Follow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragon
For business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragonStitches at Gmail dot Com
I do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.
Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 3884, Berkeley CA, 94703! Letters or cards only please.
Yael's Insagram : instagram.com/artsyaelg
Hatter's Tumblr : idkinsertfanreferencehere.tumblr.com
Shoshi's channel : @CostumeLiterate
Music :
Fantasy Motion [loop ready] by Alexander Nakarada
Link: filmmusic.io/song/8059-fantasy-motion-loop-ready
License: filmmusic.io/standard-license
Cordoban tiraz : museoimaginadodecordoba.es/2009/el-tiraz-de-hisham-ii-de-la-real-academia-de-la-historia?lang=en
