Here is everything I have on this including the parasites. :) Mary
Adela Martínez Martín , Pilar Pastrana. San Isidoro, últimos proyectos y descubrimientos. Ajuar funerario de la infanta Dña María del Panteón Real de San Isidoro. Ars sacra : Revista de patrimonio cultural, archivos, artes plásticas, arquitectura, museos y música. Año 2002, Número 21. 89-93. I’m going to interlibrary loan this. I’ve not seen it yet. Fanjul, Cristina. “El ajuar funerario de la infanta María permanece en una caja desde 1999” http://www.diariodeleon.es/noticias/afondo/el-ajuar-funerario-de-infanta-maria-permanece-en-una-caja-desde-1999_273989.html “La delicada restauración del pellote de la infanta” http://www.diariodeleon.es/noticias/afondo/la-delicada-restauracion-del-pellote-de-infanta_273987.html “El tesoro de la hija del rey santo” http://www.diariodeleon.es/noticias/afondo/el-tesoro-de-hija-del-rey-santo_273988.html 07/08/2006 DIARIO DE LEON (all accessed 1/17/12) These are about the funeral clothing of Princess Maria. Google translation was the only way for me to access these. It had the best pictures including some pre conservation images of the sleeveless dress. AJUAR DE LA INFANTA MARÍA http://museodeltraje.mcu.es/popups/06-2004%20pieza.pdf This is what the museum librarian sent me. It has some of the best info about the textiles. J Parasitol. 2003 Aug;89(4):738-43. Parasitological analysis of Leonese royalty from Collegiate-Basilica of St. Isidoro, León (Spain): helminths, protozoa, and mites. Hidalgo-Argüello MR, Díez Baños N, Fregeneda Grandes J, Prada Marcos E. Source Departamento de Patología Animal (Sanidad Animal), Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de León, Campus de Vegazana, 24071 León, Spain. dsa...@unileon.es Abstract The royal burial chamber of what is today the Collegiate-Basilica of St. Isidoro in León, Spain, built and remodeled between the 10th and 13th centuries and in the 20th century renamed the Kings' Pantheon, has 13 royal tombs that were opened in the presence of the Abbot-Prior of the Collegiate to enable a group of researchers to obtain all possible information from the royal remains. Several samples were sent to the Parasitology Unit of the Animal Pathology (Animal Health) Department at the Veterinary Faculty of León (Spain). In all the tombs, eggs and remains of nonparasitic mites were observed. In a piece of linen cloth from the bottom of 1 tomb, an Anoplocephala perfoliata egg was found. Furthermore, 4 mummified bodies were found. In 2 of these, those belonging to Infantes María and Fernando, Ascaris lumbricoides eggs were found and in the latter Trichuris trichiura eggs. We have not found in the literature reviewed any records of studies of this kind carried out in Spain. PMID: 14533684 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Funerary Clothing and Equipment of Doña María (?-1235 http://www.historiaviva.org/vestimenta/s13_maria_ajuar_en.shtml Rationale for dressing d) Social Hierarchy http://www.edym.com/CD-tex/01mod/introduccion_12b1.htm This article talks more about the burial area. There are a few sentences about Maria’s clothing and a black and white photo of the sleeveless gown before restoration. http://www.saber.es/web/biblioteca/libros/recorrido-romantico-por-leon/html/pdf/30.pdf Audio Tour of the Museum Mentions she died at age 5 http://www.unaventanadesdemadrid.com/museo-del-traje.html This is the museum’s English translation of their audio tour http://museodeltraje.mcu.es/popups/audioguiaingles.pdf The musuem’s brief page about the garments http://museodeltraje.mcu.es/index.jsp?id=319&ruta=3,316 - _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
