The Armour Archive

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Lyonnete is so darn photogenic

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I hope this link works... I've always liked this embroidery fragment, silk, in the muse moyen age, originally from Spain possibly, but it's a nice open pattern and extant and all: http://www.photo.rmn.fr/cf/htm/CSearchZ.aspx?o=&Total=8&FP=1484218&E=2K1KTS23NOH53&SID=2K1KTS23NOH53&New=T&Pic=5&SubE=2C...

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Most of the time when I am doing calligraphy from a particular time period I will look up pictures of text pages and go through and get an alphabet from that. You will notice as you look that some times a scribe will make the letter A (for example) three different ways on the same page! Also there i...

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Lovely! I love the quality of line in this time period :) Pen and ink work is one of the few areas where it is cheaper to go authentic, revel in that, heh ;) though when you switch to feather quills you'll realize quickly why the technology advanced to metal nibs! ;) Personally making ink is no mess...

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Love veils :) A lot of people are hesitant about wearing them, usually the last two things people get into garb are their heads and their feet ;) but they really dress up an outfit and can be practical too; I find veils actually can help me keep cool at outdoor events (hey, it's wear-able shade!) an...

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You want to go to NOWM Gwydion! you do! :) And for those concerned about the weather; this from our Marshal in Charge for the day: <blockquote> The question has come up a couple of times now regarding canceling martial activities should there be thunderstorms. Obviously we can't run around in a fiel...

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Nope; no odd camping rules.

All rules are posted here: http://cleftlands.cwru.edu/events/nowm14rules.html

The only real concern is for safety; keep your fire in fire pits and don't pitch your tent over it

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No added fee for camping, anyone who signs a minor waver (17 and under) gets in free; such a deal! There is an inexpensive breakfast tavern and a lunch tavern run by the Ukranian camp featuring Perogi and Burgers that will also be open for dinner. THL Ealdred of Gwyntarian is teaching an outdoor coo...

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Well said Mord, no art exists in a vacuum. Often times we focus on a particular extant object, and don't consider it in context. Personally, I really love it when there is a limited focus event that I can get an outfit ready for "ooo! The event this weekend has a 12th century theme! Where's my Bliau...

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Kudos also to Baroness Aldermoureis who was doing the scheduling; she rocks. Heck, the whole Pennsic University staff this year rocks.

Could also just be more evidence of the ever-raising bar.

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My money's on Bardolph, though Sir Ix has been doing very well of late and it would be wise to watch him as well as Ullr.

My heart would love to see Cellach a Prince.

So I guess those are my four: Bardolph, Ullr, Ix and Cellach.

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Doubt is good.

It is when we are certain that we, as researchers and scientists, stumble. It's also part of the virtue of Humility to always keep in mind what we -don't- know is much more than what we -do-.

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"Drawing really doesn't come into its own as a medium until the rise of paper in the 15th century," There are a number of Italian pre-Durer drawings in museums, again studies and reference, either for practice or for models Cut examples out to save space; what you say is true. My point is more that...

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Not that I've seen yet myself, though I do know I've seen designs for jewelry, and isn't decorative leatherwork kind of jewelry? ;) It is quite likely that most of the planning and sketching was done on temporary media (like the gessoed boards or wax tablets mentioned above) and for those done on pa...

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But to enter something into a competition means you want feedback, because feedback is part of the judging process. No judge can determine that the entrant doesn't want feedback unless the entrant specifies that. Respectfully m'seur, no. I know at least I have entered a competition with no desire f...

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Very excellent comments, I just have two minor notes to add; 1. Not everyone enters an A&S Competition for the same reason It can be tempting as a judge to assume this person wants feedback... maybe they just wanted to make sure there were enough entries for the faire to be successful or their frien...

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Ya know Cat, I just taught a class on the history of the sketchbook at RUM in Alderford a couple weeks ago ;) I have one source for a 14th century 'sketchbook' made of gessoed boards, the gessoed surface could be wiped clean with a damp cloth and re-used but for whatever reason (maybe because of the...

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That plaque belt is dead sexy. You'll need to carry a towel to keep the drool off of it ;) And here's my latest; main inspiration is Maciejewski folio 45v; silverpoint, oak gall ink, natural pigments (in a gum arabic binder) shell gold and gold leaf applied on a period-style size of hide glue, slake...

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Wow are you asking for it! All the non-laurels is a lot of folks ;) Some calligraphy and illumination by me: http://cleftlands.cwru.edu/gallery/illumination.html My Persian research page: http://cleftlands.cwru.edu/Persian The Gold Thread project journal: http://gwacie.livejournal.com/tag/gold+threa...

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For those looking for headdress help; you can get a copy of Lyonnete's Compleat Anachronist on 14th and 15th century hats and headdresses (with construction diagrams!) from the SCA Stock clerk :) Plus there's always asking Lyonnete herself ;) https://stockclerk.sca.org/ It's issue CA0133 Headdresses...

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The 15th century is where fashion begins and ends, bay-beee! <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/25/49489890_90365c8eff.jpg"> <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2561/4015087214_9501910980.jpg"> Houpe! There it is! Me sporting the infamous "Cleft-a-Londe" houpelande made by our Needleworke...

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The flat top helm with the big piece of red tape on it was last used by Sir Karl Ulfson; he wore it until like two years ago and that helm is older than me!

Reportedly built by Duke Andrew.

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...a metal round shield made by Duke Andrew of Seldom Rest. It is brutally heavy. I had one of his heaters, and it was equally heavy. Heavy shields (20lbs+) were made famous by Laurelen and Alen in the early 80's, who taught a minimalist style where the inertia of the heavy shield worked for you. O...

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Vitus von Atzinger wrote:I got so excited I just started putting these old helmets on and making ridiculous faces.

In the background of this first picture of Vitus wearing a freon helm is Marc Rengarth; really cool armourer dude.

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man I wish I knew contact info for Camp of the THree Bears. Several friends of mine camp there (some of whom are on the AA). I can point them at this thread if you'd like. -Derian. That's my camp! And why I gain weight every Pennsic no matter how much I run around and do stuff! heh ;) Baroness Angh...

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We operated an event at a loss last year to celebrate our Barony's 30th anniversary of being a Barony; we charged $1 a person for the site and took a purposeful $500 loss on the event to keep the site fee low as a thank you to our populace (attendance was around 100-150 people). What I found funny w...

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If you frame on your own make sure you get archival quality mats, papers and tapes, and I would suggest 'floating' the piece in the center, rather than having the mat touch it at all. You can get UV protective glass (it's pricier than regular glass, but hey, it's a cool thing and you want to preserv...

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I made lucet cord out of a nice silk thread for an embroidery project because I couldn't find a commercial cord the right weight in silk (lots of nylon but it was for someone who is authenticity-minded and I just couldn't!) It's no help in the historic research area, but you can do lucet on your fin...

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Lovely gothic armor. And I have to say, that is one hellava braid! She fights with the braid inside her cuirass now (it hangs out the bottom like a little tail which I think is cute :)) since it created a problem in a particular melee pile up "Excuse me, you're on my hair..." guy gets up "Uh... so ...

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The always lovely Lyonnete Vibert: <img src="http://cleftlands.cwru.edu/archive/pics/bay02-1.jpg"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/182/469178235_a865eef044.jpg?v=0"> Dang, I thought I had more pictures of her fighting than that... ah, in minimal armour (thanks to airline weight restrictions...

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This particular manuscript is a fabulous example of 14th century illumination: http://app.cul.columbia.edu:8080/exist/scriptorium/individual/NN-Spncr-162.xml?showLightbox=yes Oh, since you want some other times too: http://www.jtslibrarytreasures.org/prato/prato.html http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/...

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One of my favorite sites not listed already: http://liberfloridus.cines.fr/textes/biblio_fr.html And another: http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en http://www.chd.dk/ (It's slow looking through my list o'links for duplicates, a lot have already been listed.) :) Ain't it great how many manuscripts are ava...

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*want!*

Master Hroar is such a sweetie, he deserves it

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I love playing dress up and have made outfits from many cultures... but often found myself self-conscious about wearing ones that I couldn't 'pass' for. For example I've a very nice 14th century Chinese outfit I made for an arts competition... but rarely wear it. Then I mentioned to a Norwegian frie...

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You seem a little light on aisians so I offer these two lovely ladies from my barony:

Lady Clara d'Este:
http://cleftlands.cwru.edu/archive/picture.asp?id=600

the lovely huhn lan:
http://cleftlands.cwru.edu/archive/picture.asp?id=246