The Armour Archive

Sir Digby Chicken-Caesar

And on the same note, does anyone know of a good reference for 14th century Italian armour jargon? My first stop was some 18th and 19th century Italian dictionaries, but those don't have everything and can't explain the distinction between a gorgiera (neck defense) and gorgieretti (little neck defe...

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Golden Grain with mixer of choice =o)

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Made up bollocks * is the phrase that springs to mind, I can think of 2 off the top of my head.. http://terrahistoria.yolasite.com/resources/William%20Marshal%20coat%20of%20arms.jpg William Marshall 1144-1219 http://www.norfolkheraldry.org.uk/erpinghamarms.jpg Thomas Erpingham oooh and Oliver d'Ingh...

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Aaah zider, a subject very dear to my heart. When people mention Cider pre 19thC it is always in reference to the alcoholic drink, non alcoholic is called apple juice , it's not 'til mid 19thC- early 20thC that the Temperance movement start using the prefix 'hard' as a way of demonising lovely natur...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf95P2DJC6E

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I had a hunch that the rumour of his back deformity was true. Oi that was my line =oÞ Now we can parade in the appropriate kit to piss off the nutjob Ricardians, seriously deranged hero worshippers of some dead not very successful king - ie short reign and big deal no better morally than those that...

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Brigandine, leather and steel, late 15thC (1480) is what what my limited French makes of the blurb

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Do a search for 'Richard Buckley archaeologist', the chap leading the dig, for less chance of the frothing White Bore point of view =o) Doing some reading through the site, the Richard III Society really doesn't like the Tudors. They have some useful resources but border on batshit insane from what ...

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I had a hunch someone would say that ... sorry, leaving now, I'll get me cote.

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Used the gravity method for a Stuart cookery course I was helping to run Tues & Wed, though not quite as high, the conservators would've skinned us alive if we'd've splashed cream n cider on 'the fabric'! Lots of the recipes do say 'put your cream to it (into the booze, usually cider) as hard as you...

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The cavalry are there to break up the massed ranks of PBI into smaller groups, to destroy the cohesion of the opposing unit, make them break and run if possible, and make them easier to mop up. I know it's OOP but my fav description of a massed donkey walloper charge comes from George Bernard Shaw's...

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Don't hassel the poor wee lamb he's got events to plan and collegues that just point and laugh <-

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Pirates!? Where? =o) Semé of chess rooks or possibly if you go French, semé d'tour échecs or touretty échecs (f*$k, a%§e, c¤×¢, biscuit, échec et mat!) Aaah! The pears... could be seme of wardon(y)s as well, wardens being a variety much used in muddyevil cookery Wardonys in syryp. Take wardonys, an ...

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*Unless you are the Pope, or the king of Jerusalem. :) The Jerusalem Cross is the only period exeption in Anglo Fro ... erm French I've found and at least one 14thC Frenchie (I think) had 'an escutcheon Argent bearing a Jerusalem Cross Or' as part of his CoA, also found refs from the late 16thC and...

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Ah so an SCA thing, it counts as metal on metal, so mostly a no-no* in historic and modern heraldry. Thanks.

Found one modern civic example so never say never though =o)

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http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/download/file.php?id=46246 'Scuse my ignorance but is a metal/metal per pale field or metal metal checky, lozengey, fuzilly, gyronny etc admissable in SCA heraldry, it's vvvv unusual in historical or modern heraldry? Colour/colour with a metal(or fur) charge i...

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Pretty much, there are a lot of single colour fields fewer colour/metal checky, lozengey or per pale fields and simple charges, bends, fesseseses, chevrons, lions etc Here's a link to an image of the Dering Roll a 13thC record of arms(Earliest English one found so far) carried by Kernigherts of Suss...

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Did you mean as a device on the arms or as part of the full heraldic achievement? In SCA heraldry it's everywhere. Turns up in civic, corperate and more modern heraldry a lot because of it's Greek and Roman victory symbolism. Not found many used as charges (actually none but still looking) pre 1600....

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Does anybody know exactly what the two confusing fog-bound devices looked like at the battle of Barnet? The only depiction I have ever seen (on a TV show, which automatically makes the accuracy suspect) was a yellow sun in splendor on blue vs per pale blue and red with a yellow star with a white ro...

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Beaver's best, then hare or bunny, then sheeps(depending on the breed, some felt better than others).

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You can give them a helping hand by 'simulating' a frost, bung them in the freezer for a bit, I've done it with medlars, sloes and wild service with moderate success (One batch of medlars went mouldy v quickly after coming out of the freezer but I realize I should've taken them out of the bag, DOH!)...

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Not hating just thinking about the neck ache from switching between the......ooops did I type that out loud.

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8) https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-kgaTh1NkiM8/T3Bgm-NZUmI/AAAAAAAAAYM/NK5JEBWWNGQ/s720/20090530_120.JPG And room for a third breast between the other two...'tent natural I tells'eee. I did a simplified version of the frock for The Mem Sahib some years back and used flat brass washers from an Iro...

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It's cloth now, not raw wool. It's also white (or actually more of a bone white). The iron pot is, in fact, iron (cast iron, but iron). Having the black fade over time wouldn't bother me, as I expect that's what happened in-period. As is overdying (or redying) which with robes would be easy! I also...

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In Rosetti's The Plictho(1548) he gives 20 recipes for black on various materials and material states (woolcloth, wool in skeins, silk, leather etc) One recipe for black uses Oak Galls from Aleppo mixed with copperas (Iron or Ferric Sulphate, iron filings dissolved in a strong vinager), it makes a g...

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Black Swan Designs wrote:We carry glassware from Old Hansa and Forest Glass. As a matter of fact I'm in England right now for TORM, and will be bringing a bunch of glass home with me to replenish our supplies.

Glassware, assorted sources

Gwen

See you there then, I'm helping The Mem Sahib on her stall =o)

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HA! I'm sane and I have a Release Document er, Certificate to prove it.

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Merchant Venturers do a nice line in historic glassware too http://merchantph.users37.interdns.co.uk/index.php?main_page=page&id=3 They and Forest Glass should be at one of the UK's re-enactors markets this weekend, if you are, or you have any friends or family visiting our soggy wee Island it may b...

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Got a hooooge version of this in a French art book and it looks, to me at least, like rings, by the way the lacing 'sits' and down to the wee stress creases where they (the rings)look to be anchored inside her bodice (Oooo Er Matron..........that prob'ly doesn't mean much outside the UK...Carry On f...

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SOREL! Agnes Sorel that's her. One of her posing as BVM c.1450 by Forquet wearing a ring laced frock.

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There was woss'erface y'know the pale one with the plucked forehead and brows and with one perfectly hemisherical 'funbag' seemingly attached to her collarbone next to her armpit out on show.....Mistress to someone important or French...Alice.....Agnes....BuggeredifIcanremember. But she was mid to l...

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RH patterns (see the above sig^) are pretty damn good and the support is top notch =o) Another source for basic clothing patterns is The Medieval Tailor's Assistant by S Thursfield* http://www.sarahthursfield.com/Book.php *Not an endosement, just another source. Like Bob says about the other book ab...

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Even this numpty gets a fire going with my tinder =oÞ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1So_90rz7yc

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Dry ,clean, knackered old cloth is best, 100% linen or cotton or a mix of the two, the more worn and fragile the better. I rip mine into 1-2"strips and roll them into looseish wads about a an inch diameter(or just pack it in higgledy piggledy if I'm in a hurry, doing flint & steel firelighting demo ...

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A fraise or strawberryflower is another heraldic term for a white cinquefoil http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Quintefeuille_fraise.svg/120px-Quintefeuille_fraise.svg.png Used in varying numbers and arrangements inna punning stylee on the arms of various members of the Frazer ...

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