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30,001 now.

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A sketch accompanying the photos from Facebook's Dordrecht Ondergrond's page seems to show a skived back end designed for a join. Stitches are reportedly 5mm apart. https://www.facebook.com/DordrechtOndergronds https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xft1/v/t1.0-9/1601399_533531253427692_1...

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German zwieback has the same meaning. I think there's a world of difference between crisp, twice-baked, leavened breads and unleavened hardtack -- soda crackers and bricks, man.

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"Look! It's for a boy!", as if adult men don't come in a variety of sizes.

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Glen, It could be that there was little need for such long-lasting "food" until voyaging moved away from the coasts. One difficulty in searching will be the numerous terms used to describe this provision. Was Richard I's "biskit of muslin" (maslin) a type of hardtack? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha...

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War always is.

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NGA gives it 1370-1420. The point was largely hidden due to my up-angle photograph. For another perspective -
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Colle ... 42391.html

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A scalloped upper edge on the National Gallery of Art's St. George

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A similar splinted defense on the arms of the lower right "sleeping" guard at the resurrection? https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-4oO5YWYLffM/VTA4Td1nZ9I/AAAAAAABLNY/L9qgTRw1HQA/w478-h499-no/Wit%2BStwosz029.jpg I find it interesting that the artist has chosen various bascinets and pourpoints to rep...

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The bascinet thickness data summary is all but useless since about 50% of the bascinets measured are fakes. I don't understand why he would even present such data. From the Abstract: This study also shows that a lot of questions remain not finally solved. A final decision on an item to be genuine o...

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Acid dip will remove the zinc and make it more susceptible to rust. Vinegar is mild and takes a while, muriatic acid is quick and riskier.

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I have no doubt that templates were used historically. The comparison between the Pembridge helm and RA IV.600, or Madeln A and the Dalecin helm leave little doubt for me. On the other hand, no two pairs of plates recovered from Wisby are identical, although the form of, say all Type IIs, is very cl...

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Here you go:
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I think it would be worthwhile, Tom. Perhaps a simple labeling Dxxx for Dupras figure number, and an inventory number of the item?

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Round bucklers, and the rare "heater" escutcheon. Bodley MS. 264 Romance of Alexander has the ones with the straight sides and rounded bottom.

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Oddly, the etymology of "sneck" I'm finding online distantly relate it to "snatch" - to quickly grab. I always thought it was Scots for "snake" - S-shaped.

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We've got plenty of documentation, both visual and written, for gambesons without sleeves. One source calls for wearing gambesons over aketons. It's the wearing of separate padded sleeves which is the cheat IMHO. I used to fight in gambeson and mail, and sometimes gambeson with only a leather kidney...

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I don't think there is evidence for wood. https://www.academia.edu/5758293/Some_Notes_on_Great_Helms_Crests_and_Early_Tournament_Reinforces The materials used in the few surviving examples (leather, glue, gesso, paint and -occasionally- gold) support this assessment, with the Churburg crest (Figure ...

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Ron, I suppose it is worth noting that we do have the crest (cap and lion) as an example. http://www.azincourt-alliance.org.uk/images/armour/pic_spot_ghelm11.jpg When we see the paired holes lower down on the helm, like the RA or Pembridge hole below the occularia, it indicates attachment points for...

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There are a number of works on heraldry or tournaments which briefly cover the crest and mantle, but nothing on the doctoral level of Dupras that comes to mind. Looking at manuscripts or effigies for the appropriate time is certainly a start. http://manuscriptminiatures.com/search/?tags="crest" http...

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Thanks for bringing up the question, Ron! There have been a number of reconstructed helmet linings for the earlier Schlossberg bei Dargen helm based on the presumption that those paired holes secure a lining rather than a crest. A number of re-enactors have copied this feature. Based on the evidence...

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http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/4376/ Pembridge helm: The interior of the Pembridge helm is much cleaner than IV.600, and the exterior also shows much less corrosion. The rivets are all sharp nails which have been bent over, and some retain diamond-shaped washers from holding a lining leather. Dupras...

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Which is all the more curious since the original effigy posted shows the rerebrace to be open toward the body, rather than enclosed.

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Suspension system held by rivets at the horizontal join and those running over the occularia. http://www.themcs.org/churches/Sussex/Horsham%20-%20St%20Mary%20the%20Virgin/2006%20MCS%20Horsham%20St%20Mary%20the%20Virgin%20Thomas%20de%20Braose%201395%2008.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00...

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So how thick is the padding, and did you vary it over different parts?

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I agree that the sleeves should be made in one with the gambeson. Perhaps if you had stuffed it to a couple of fingers thickness you wouldn't need the hidden armor?

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A torse ("from obsolete French, from Latin torta, feminine past participle of torquere ‘twist.'") is twisted, while an orle ("from French ourle, from ourler ‘to hem,’ based on Latin ora ‘edge.’") is not, but simply turned over into a tube.

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BL Royal 6 E IX, fo.21r , Regia Carmina , c.1335-1340, Tuscany, Italy A commonly reproduced miniature of "Law" ( Lex ): The legs being of interest in this discussion. http://molcat1.bl.uk/IllImages/Ekta/big/E115/E115478.jpg http://manuscriptminiatures.com/media/cache/manuscriptminiatures.com/origin...

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The problem lies not in the decorating, but in the late 14th century dating you requested. The English orle is very ornate, and very 15th century. http://effigiesandbrasses.com/search/?tags="orle" Likewise, the torse you show is from the 15th century. http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=add...

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The early 15th century manuscript Cpg 359 shows crests on bascinets.
http://manuscriptminiatures.com/search/ ... cript=4826

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turcopole

No "rank climbing".

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Getting a display error. "Fehler beim Anzeigen des Bildes."

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I think that's the original coloring, as it's a grisaille window.

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Jacopo Cavalli effigy?
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=155119

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The question would be why hinge the rerebrace there?
Tom B. linked to Roel Renmans photos showing the inside of the rerebrace.

Sir Nicholas de la Beche
https://www.flickr.com/photos/roelipila ... otostream/

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