Ventspils apkārtnes apdzīvojums 17.–18. gadsimtā

Abstract

The article deals with questions relating to the settlement in the area of Ventspils. Attention is gi-ven to environmental factors that could have had a greater or lesser influence on the settlement structure. The stream bank erosion along the River Venta had a relatively small impact on populated areas, while the wind erosion (sand deposition) caused the individual farms as well as villages to be abandoned. The Great Plague epidemic of 1710 was particularly devastating in the Ventspils area, during which about 40% of farms disappeared and most of them were not restored until the end of the 18th century. Final abandon-ment of farms, their renovation or addition of the former farmland to the land of the manor caused chan-ges in the population structure.

Technology of Dyeing beyond Text

“…The manuscript is stored in the UL Academic Library and is also available electronically [2]. The part of this collection that refers to the territory of Latvia, together with scientific comments, was published in four volumes between 1992 and 2007 [4][5][6][7]. The texts explaining the drawings are published in the German language corresponding to the original, accompanied by the translation into Latvian.…”

“…Dark yellow or orange-yellow aprons can be observed in a drawing that may have been made around 1794: "Clothing in the manors of Gaujiena and Trapene" (Figure 1). The color of these aprons is noted in the description of the drawing: "Die Weiber tragen alltägl[ich]einen schwarzen Rock, Orangefarbne Schürze, und hellgraues Leibchen mit langen Schößen, deßen Näthe und Ränder öfters mit bunten Schnüren oder bunter Wolle brodirt sind"-"Women commonly wear a black skirt, an orange apron and a light grey bodice with long sleeves, the seams and edges of which are often embroidered with colored cords or colored woolen threads" [7] (p. 313). Yellow aprons are worn by three of the five female figures depicted (one is shown with her back to the viewer, while the body of another is concealed behind other figures).…”