Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
One: ‘Musk-scented, fragrant, invented by Venus’: Early Gloves
Two: Tranks, Forgits and Quirks: Making Gloves
Three: ‘Tear at the Thumb, Troubles to Come’: The Language of Gloves
Four:‘Fashioned by the Craft of Devils, and with Skins of the Dragon’: Magical Gloves
Five: ‘Place this Glove neere thy Heart’: Gloves and Loves
Six: Archers, Artists and Astronauts: Functions Old and New
References
Bibliography
Photo Acknowledgements
Index