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by Derian le Breton
Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:56 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: mtt this weekend {MD area}
Replies: 24
Views: 278

<b>M</b>astadons <b>T</b>rimming <b>T</b>ulips? :D

-Donasian.
by Derian le Breton
Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:24 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Mead help
Replies: 19
Views: 328

Facinating! Do you have any more info on it? Have you tried it and if you did, how did it turn out? You mention a floral nose, so I'm guessing you've given it a shot already. It's a shame I've already pitched this years drink. I'd love to try this. Next year definitely. I've got a batch in the seco...
by Derian le Breton
Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:16 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Polyen want a cracker....
Replies: 8
Views: 364

Jay Sabath wrote:I would guess that the last picture is a knee cop.


Hence the thread title...

And yes, there are definitely <I>lines</i> on that last poleyn. Is it fluting? Possibly.

-Donasian.
by Derian le Breton
Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:41 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: VIKING BURIED TREASURE HOARD!
Replies: 18
Views: 461

Trystan of Anglesey wrote:I thought I read somewhere that they sometiems strung them into necklaces for their women?


Maybe you did. I haven't though. :D

There are <i>plenty</i> of examples of other, more complex forms of coin jewelery, however.

-Donasian.
by Derian le Breton
Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:40 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: VIKING BURIED TREASURE HOARD!
Replies: 18
Views: 461

Maeryk wrote:The article says baghdad and Damascus for some of the coins.


Yep, the coins with the long straight horizontal lines are Arabic deniers. They're extremely common in Scandinavian finds of this time period.

-Donasian.
by Derian le Breton
Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:14 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: metallurgically correct 13th century knife project
Replies: 26
Views: 392

That is just too cool. Nice work!

-Donasian.
by Derian le Breton
Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:04 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: VIKING BURIED TREASURE HOARD!
Replies: 18
Views: 461

AriAnson wrote:The holes caught my eye, too. Strings of coins for easy and secure carrying, maybe?


Highly doubtful. Coin jewelery was very common, and people generally carried their coins in pouches.

-Donasian.
by Derian le Breton
Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:55 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Edinburgh Points of Interest
Replies: 10
Views: 105

Not Edinburgh, but St. Andrews in Fife is one of my favourite sites. There's lots of great stuff there.

-Donasian.
by Derian le Breton
Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:55 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Mead help
Replies: 19
Views: 328

I've never had a problem with using plain old tap water in the airlock, but what ever makes you happy... :D

-Donasian.
by Derian le Breton
Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:07 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Medals
Replies: 29
Views: 468

Nissan Maxima wrote:Donasion,
Can you direct me towards examples?


Okay Nissan, I'm sorry I got totally derailed. :)

Did you want examples of late period commemorative medals? (I posted some earlier) Or did you want examples of enameled heraldic plaque thingies?

-Donasian.
by Derian le Breton
Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:06 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Medals
Replies: 29
Views: 468

Thomas H wrote:When i get home i'll find my book n Italian rennaissance medals and scan it for you. i knew it would come in handy one day :-)


I'd <i>love</i> to see that stuff!

-Donasian.
by Derian le Breton
Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:55 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Tron Armour?
Replies: 9
Views: 422

Re: Tron Armour?

Primvs Pavlvs wrote:Thought I would share!


Welcome to the internet of 2004! ;)

If you want even more brain-melting fun, check out his cameo in <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VrCCpaEoxI">this video</A>.

-Donasian.
by Derian le Breton
Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:33 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Medals
Replies: 29
Views: 468

Woah, check out this crazy cast silver badge from 1574: <img src="http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/images/560/E/23/E2327-1.jpg"> m Badge worn at the relief of Leyden, 1574 by Admiral Louis de Boisot's sailors. A crescent with a human face in profile on either side. Obverse: Legend; 'LI[E]VER TVRCX ....
by Derian le Breton
Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:21 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Medals
Replies: 29
Views: 468

That site is actually a neat resource for coins and medals. Lots of post-period stuff, but plenty of good 16th century medals...

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explor ... sandmedals

-Donasian.
by Derian le Breton
Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:17 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Medals
Replies: 29
Views: 468

Maredudd wrote:There was a medal issued to celebrate the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. I didn't manage to find any pictures, but I didn't spend long looking.


http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explor ... ID=MEC0012

First hit on a google search for "Spanish Armada" and "medal" :)

-Donasian.
by Derian le Breton
Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:15 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Museum Pics Updates
Replies: 20
Views: 650

Yeah, a free photobucket account is limited to 1GB of data. Even their paid accounts are limited to 5GB.

Go flickr, I'm sure we can get you a pro account. :)

-Donasian.
by Derian le Breton
Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:12 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: What a Native American coat made of Chinese coins!?
Replies: 20
Views: 533

I'd be willing to bet the reason that's called a "penny plate skullcap" is that the iron disks are about the same size as pre-decimalization British pennies (34mm in diameter, dominant from the early 19th century until 1970)

-Donasian.
by Derian le Breton
Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:07 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Medals
Replies: 29
Views: 468

<A HREF="http://www.new-byzantium.org/Pisano.html">This page</A> has a picture of the reverse, and a brief discussion of medals in the late Byzantine Empire.

-Donasian.
by Derian le Breton
Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:04 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Medals
Replies: 29
Views: 468

Oh no. John VIII's coinage is <i>far</i> cruder than this piece, which was done by an Italian master engraver. It's also *much* larger than pretty much any contemporary coinage (it's 10cm in diameter, while most coinage was more like 2cm). This particular medal was made in 1438 when John VIII travel...
by Derian le Breton
Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:06 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Medals
Replies: 29
Views: 468

<IMG SRC="http://www.the-immortals.com/brian/byzmedal.PNG">

John VIII. Bronze medal by Pisanello (ca. 1395–1455). British Museum. The inscription, with Greek accents carefully indicated, reads “John Palaeologus, emperor and autocrat of the Romans.â€
by Derian le Breton
Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:03 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Medals
Replies: 29
Views: 468

Nissan Maxima wrote:Donasion,
Can you direct me towards examples?


Yes, once I get home to my books I'll happily post some. :)

-Donasian.
by Derian le Breton
Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:57 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Medals
Replies: 29
Views: 468

If you want something fancier than cast pewter, you could also go for an enameled silver or bronze mount. There are a number of heraldic examples of those too.

-Donasian.
by Derian le Breton
Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:55 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Medals
Replies: 29
Views: 468

I believe the first true military medal was the Legion d'honneur, created by Napoleon in 1802. However, in the late middle ages people of power and influence commissioned commemorative medals from die engravers. I know of several examples from the mid 15th century (including a Byzantine one!), I'm r...
by Derian le Breton
Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:36 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: What a Native American coat made of Chinese coins!?
Replies: 20
Views: 533

Cian of Storvik wrote:I don't know what the value of a chinese coin


The cast copper or bronze variety? Comparatively very low. In the 11th century, reasonably well off farmers were buried with thousands of them.

-Donasian.
by Derian le Breton
Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:56 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Museum Pics Updates
Replies: 20
Views: 650

As for hosting, I'd strongly recommend <A HREF="http://www.flickr.com">flickr</A>. It is extremely easy to keep photos organized, and if you get a pro account (which I'll happily chip-in for), you have unlimited storage/bandwidth. They also store your photos in a variety of resolutions, for easy vie...
by Derian le Breton
Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:54 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Museum Pics Updates
Replies: 20
Views: 650

B. Fulton wrote:Coin dies and other dies (seals, etc) from Roman on, including moulds and things.


You're my hero! :)

-Donasian.
by Derian le Breton
Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:58 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Mead help
Replies: 19
Views: 328

Mead making has come rather a long way in the past five-ten years. There are some new methods which result in much faster fermenting, better tasting, and better smelling meads (floral nose = awesome!). One of the primary new methods is Staggered Nutrient Additions, which help speed up fermentation b...
by Derian le Breton
Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:03 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Riveted maille from scratch...again
Replies: 31
Views: 786

Cool beans. :-D I've drawn little silver wire, but never iron. It's fun. ;)

-Donasian.
by Derian le Breton
Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:58 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Riveted maille from scratch...again
Replies: 31
Views: 786

What, you didn't draw your own wire?! ;)

Seriously though, nice work!

-Donasian.
by Derian le Breton
Fri Mar 28, 2008 3:53 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: How did the fall of Rome cause the dark ages?
Replies: 41
Views: 599

I've also never been able to swallow the whole "The Irish saved Civilization" argument. To accept that notion ignores the contribution of the Byzantines, who were lightyears beyond the Irish. From what I've read, the best preservations of Ancient Greek scientific and philosophical thought...
by Derian le Breton
Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:45 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Slightly OT - Congratulations Armour Archive, it's an OL
Replies: 21
Views: 500

Huzzah! :D

-Donasian.
by Derian le Breton
Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:43 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Christianity in viking age Scandinavia
Replies: 14
Views: 262

The end of Christianization in Sweden was at about 1200.

The official state conversions were by no means universal, though they certainly heralded the beginning of the end. The entire process took many generations.

-Donasian.
by Derian le Breton
Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:02 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Christianity in viking age Scandinavia
Replies: 14
Views: 262

Don of the Dead wrote:This is probably not the incident I was thinking of, but it has a similar theme...


I remain suspicious, given the source.

Given that Christianization took almost 500 years, such mass-conversions were, at best, astonishingly rare events.

-Donasian.
by Derian le Breton
Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:25 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Christianity in viking age Scandinavia
Replies: 14
Views: 262

Don of the Dead wrote:I saw a dramatization of an incident where a missionary called the Norse pagan priests out to debate at sunrise...


Sounds rather apocryphal to me. Good old Christians destroy the evil idols, et cetera. But hey, if you can find a source...

-Donasian.
by Derian le Breton
Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:50 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Christianity in viking age Scandinavia
Replies: 14
Views: 262

When and where, specifically? IIRC, there are plenty of records of early missionaries being killed and/or ejected from the various Scandinavian realms. Later on, obviously, this changed. There was a rather interesting push between the German churches and churches in the British isles to convert Scan...

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