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Egfroth

No, the Sutton Hoo helmet doesn't have pivoting strips. It has a "tail". But yes, the Vendel/Valsgarde helmets have them. Is that Arador pattern the one by Ron McWilliams? Ron is the Armour Archive's own "Halberds", who is a regular contributor. I'm still a bit mystified about exactly what kind of h...

Egfroth

Um, not sure what kind of helmet you mean. The standard "Viking" helmet had no tail at all, unless it was made of mail - called an "aventail" - see m . Perhaps you mean the Sutton Hoo style, that does have a "tail" made of sheet metal, or the Vendel/Valsgarde style, which have pivoting iron strips a...

Egfroth

Can someone record it (preferably onto DVD)? I won't be seeing it over here in Oz for months, if not years - if at all.

I'd happily pay for postage & the cost of the DVD (within reason!

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Egfroth

I read on another list that it was a grass seed on the lens of the camera.

Egfroth

Can't figure out how to find it via the link. How do you access the Byzantine program?

Egfroth

On close inspection of the "Venus and Anchises" figure you can see mail rings on his hauberk (though the detail is badly worn).

Egfroth

And some more.

There's unfortunately not that much information available from this time - either pictorial or archaeological.

Hope this helps, though.

Egfroth

You might like to look at these attachments, as well. Roman sources, mostly 5th-6th century.

Egfroth

Medka, I just looked at this thread again, and none of your links work. Have yuou taken them down again already, or is their something wrong with them? I'd dearly like to see them.

Egfroth

Hmm, why does this get my spider sense going? Too good a condition, perhaps? I remember we had a discussion (regarding an earlier helmet "find") on whether the proximity of a bronze frame to iron plates should or shouldn't set off electrolytic corrosion, but to me, it all looks like it was made last...

Egfroth

Have a look at the only contemporary pictures I know of that portray Vlad Tepes - see http://www.a525g.com/histoire/vlad-tepes-iii.php and http://www.imagesonline.bl.uk/britishli ... 2&&idx=1&s

There's also http://www.fanaticus.org/DBA/armiesofth ... 5rb02c.jpg , but you might find it a bit less reliable.

Egfroth

The other problem with cotton was that the fibres were (are) so short that it was considerably harder to spin into thread than wool or linen - and silk, of course, was already a thread.

Egfroth

Interesting - from the sign in the background I see the sallet has a date of c. 1470 assigned to it. Never seen one from France with these "eyebrow" cut-outs before.

The overlapping neck opening on the mail shirt is interesting, too.

Egfroth

Can't remember the source, but I recall reading a report of a letter from a Frankish nobleman thanking his Saracen opposite number for the gift of a particularly nice turban, and IIRC, something like "it really looks cool, I wear it all the time".

Egfroth

Have a look at m - German, dated c. 1300. And m - Flemish, 1302. Unfortunately, while they show "civilian" and "knightly" outfits, there's really nothing to show what someone of the knightly class would have worn "off-duty". Um . . . sorry, but there ARE coifs there . . . but some pretty classy outf...

Egfroth

Egfroth - that looks very similar to the Latin in the final stanza of Sir Henry Newbolt's poem "Clifton Chapel" which was first published, I believe, in 1908: God send you fortune: yet be sure, Among the lights that gleam and pass, Youâ€™ll live to follow none more pure Than that which glows on yon...

Egfroth

A possible costume guide for Civitate - see the knights and footsoldiers at http://history.chess.free.fr/charlemagne.htm

Note, however, that there was quite a sizable cavalry contingent in this battle, which would have to be allowed for.

And lets not forget that the original discussion was about having something in Italy

Egfroth

I think there should be far more of this kind of group. Sure, the public likes to see people bashing each other, and it caters to their stereotype of the Middle Ages, but I've often found (particularly women) VERY responsive to the whole "craft" side of things. Unfortunately this is usually done onl...

Egfroth

I just saw a Latin quote on an honour roll for ex-students of a school who died in The First World War ; "Qui procul hinc qui ante diem [perierunt" - (I think)] Now, I think the last bit is "[those] who die before [their] day" - in other words, those who die young. But what about the first bit? "Hin...

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m The phenomenon of English troops recruited for the invasions of France during the Hundred Years War being left there when the campaign was over, and turning to banditry, is well documented. See the mediaeval section of m and more specifically m There's a lot more information out there if you're pr...

Egfroth

Maybe not a public display like Hastings, but a mediaeval get-together, on the Australia model (find a site - perhaps somewhere out in the countryside, don't invite the public - only re-enactors, and have a "theme" - like the fall of Bari to the Normans, or perhaps Civitate m or Cannae ( m) - even i...

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Im looking into a few time periods but 1 I dont know years and 2 I just need a start for research, so book lists would be helpful the ideas are Irish in the time of the 3rd crusade Pretty sure this one was discussed a while ago (or was it Scottish?), on this forum, with the general conclusion that ...

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Look at m Bottom left there's my hearth troop carrying me up the hill - but look over in the middle - between a horseman with a black shield with a white diagonal line, and a horseman with a white shield with a black dragon there's a guy standing on the ground. He's got blue hose and a black helmet,...

Egfroth

I'm sure we'll get together another time. How about you guys host the battle of Bari in 2011 (the 940th anniversary of the capture of Bari by the Normans from Byzantium)? I'd be very interested in that one. I already have my Byzantine gear . . . Oh, and I got the braid from a store in Melbourne call...

Egfroth

Unfortunately, no. You know what it was like there. So many people, scattered widely all over the place. I had extra things to do as well, what with non-battle stuff, getting together with my daughter, and trudging up and down those damned hills became such a problem after a while, I was barely able...

Egfroth

England's currency went decimal in the 1970's, and there is now a whole generation of people in England who have next to no idea what a shilling is/was and need to have it explained to them. When England went decimal, it was decided to maintain the value of the pound, and alter the value of the "New...

Egfroth

Problem with this technique - how do you taper it towards the ends? It doesn't seem to have less wires in the bundle - there seem to be the same number - they just seem to get thinner as they go towards the ends. Rather less simple than they seem at first sight, but it could be done. SyrTheo, can I ...

Egfroth

The archers at Hastings 2006.

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Murdock's right. Ditch the (shudder!) grille. Why do people wear those ghastly things? And get a nice visor appropriate to the helmet. Oh, and you'd improve the look ten-fold by replacing your pants with hose. A much cleaner line with nothing flapping out the back (and it's what was worn in period)....

Egfroth

Check out the surviving Coptic tunics at http://www.geocities.com/indunna/byzanmen.html . Unfortunately, the top is cut off a couple of the photos, but it is possible to see the sleeve width of three out of the four examples, and there's quite a bit of variation there from quite narrow to very broad.

Egfroth

NB At first I thought this was a hoax site, as it mentions a Dr. Sam pson Gamgee . But lo, there actually WAS a doctor by this name, and he's credited with developing the first modern wound dressings... No, in fact it's the other way around. Tolkien got Sam Gamgee's name from the dressing, not the ...

Egfroth

Yes, the dating is important. There's not much info available for the early years, though the Bayeux Tapestry m is fairly close. There were changes in gear during the period between the Tapestry and the beginning of the Templars, but they were fairly minor - tunics became longer and were visible bel...

Egfroth

Dunno. If you want to be terribly picky, I doubt that hemp would take *natural* dyes. I was quite taken with how fast I was able to make quite long cords with my lucet. I've been doing other things recently, but I might get back to it soon. On the plane to Hastings I made a drawstring for my new pur...

Egfroth

No problem. It's embarassing enough for me to realise firstly that I never answered your questions, and secondly that it's a year since I made the first lamellar sleeve, and I still haven't made the other one. (Getting ready for Hastings 2006 COULD be looked on as an excuse, I suppose!) BTW, the sun...

Egfroth

Um . . . Steven Lowe is Egfroth. There can be only one . . .

That event was just SO-O-O-O good!

And yes, re-enactment porn is a pretty damned good description.

Re: research help

Oops! Missed opportunity!