The Armour Archive

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I believe in down to earth, common sense research. Basically if it makes sense and it is not proven to be wrong then why not accept it as possible. That actually is not research. Research is an active, diligent, and systematic process of inquiry aimed at discovering, interpreting, and revising fact...

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You should do this one instead.

[img]http://www.imagesonline.bl.uk/britishlibrary-store/Components/118/11884_2.jpg[/img]

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There are instructions online that show you how to take the encryption off a cuecat so it just gives the straight numbers. It is a rewire thing.

Using about 5 libraries and Amazon I found every book in my library that I did not bind myself from a dissertation.

Brent

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You can post this info anywhere you like.

I don't know if that feature is avalible but you can always suggest it to the developers.

Brent

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Some of you are likely familiar with this but others may not be. m is a website for cataloging your personal library and you can create groups and communties and see what books other people have and what not. Charlotte posted about LibraryThing selling a barcode scanner called a CueCat at m so I got...

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I have a simple solution for you. Tell him to gather up all the evidence and present it to your chivalry or marshalls and then decide if his evidence is good. If he is not willing to gather it or if it doesn't sound very good, you can post it here if you want other opinions, then tell him no. Brent

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I'd guess it is about modesty but there was an article which I have not read in that medieval textiles journal about such prohibitions for clerical dress.

Brent

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Fourth Lateran Council (1215) 16. Decorum in the dress and behaviour of clerics Clerics should not practice callings or business of a secular nature, especially those that are dishonourable. They should not watch mimes, entertainers and actors. Let them avoid taverns altogether, unless by chance the...

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They are not in the regular orders so they don't actually exist under a rule in the regula sense but there are plenty of 'rules' all over the church that aren't regula. The reason it is kinda confusing is because Augustinian canons and the like don't have things like specific habits and what not. Br...

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Friars are just regular clergy.

Canons can be either secular or regular depending on well whether they are secular or regular.

Brent

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A little of both. Some images have what looks like a wood ring inside and some show a tent falling over still solid at the crows feet. I'd love to see ones where you can see a ring inside. I've seen examples of the later and playing "it could be" without solid evidence that something was done just ...

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Priests don't have to wear habits. Their are certain rules they are suppose to follow but even then he could still be depicting a priest who is not following the rules or what not. We know they did no always do so.

Brent

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It is an image of Saint Ursula by Hans Memling. In many images of Saints or of Jesus you get a mix of Romanesque and current to the time it was painted troops, the Romanesque is to remind you of the time frame of the Saint (or Jesus) lived in. You learn to have an eye for the real and the Romanesqu...

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Aaron wrote:Any drawings of tents from the 15th Century England?

I enjoy the idea of tents that cost less. The spoke wheel concept seems to complicated for an army on the move.

But couldn't you use the spokes from the wheels.

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And thinking can be bad for you. It is especially bad if you are leading using bad thought then lots of others get infected and think it is good research and then they start leading people and well I end up having to beat my head on my desk. This is one of the thing that always gets me at people tr...

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Aaron, I'd recomend you spend some time researching before adding more "oh they could have done this" to your equation. Among re-enactors I call this 'thinking'. And it runs rampant among WOR re-enactors. It starts with one premise and then builds more and more until what you have is not really base...

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With everything you have to make a choice do you use positive evidence or do you allow negative. To my knowledge there is no positive evidence for hoops or spokes. There is positive evidence for ropes. Now you can try and conjure up why it might exist because the ropes are missing or you can go with...

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[quote="Aaron"]Instead of a spoke wheel inside of the top, could there be a "hoop skirt" concept instead? It would be easier to transport and flex better in the wind. [quote] That is a bag of worms. IMO they did not use spokes or a hoops or side poles but just used ropes and some artists s...

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What about the round end marquee? m I like the concept. But did it exist in 1461 AD Towton timeframe (give or take a bit... I would say the two background tents in the image James posted are round ended marquees but you'll notice that the profile is different. I believe that Jeff&Gwen have one made...

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http://www.tentsmiths.com/period-tents- ... tents.html

Typically in the late 15th century you see them in the Austria/South German region and they are steeper then those tentsmiths although some less steep ones are to be found as well. Lord Greys have some images on their website. http://www.lordgreys.org/tents

Brent

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Be sure and stick to English or Netherlandish art as there seems to be regional variation in tentage. For example round pavilions and "marquees" are reasonably frequent, wedge style tents are rare and I've never seen a conical from that region but both of those tent styles are found elsewhere in Eur...

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Heh, ironically, this is what (from my perspective, anyway) our last event was like. A bunch of guys did a bunch of drilling and practice, and a bunch of people shot archery. We even had an injury from the drills! I was told it was part of some sort re-enactment combat stuff but then I wasn't there...

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Brent do you suggest you want to spoon with Glen after he has chowed on some Ivory? Nope, I wouldn't spoon with Glen even if it was really cold because if he is sleeping comfortably he snores. Always steal his blanket at events to ensure everyone gets a good nights sleep. Brent who needs to remembe...

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Judgeing by the style, hair and the shape of the shoes I would save 1520 is a tad late. Probably more like c1500.

Brent

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One of the problems with the military thing is that it becomes about playing soldier and for those that don't play soldier they get to sit and watch the soldiers play soldier. Yeah, that's one of the things I've never quite understood about most re-enactment groups; the fascination and focus on thi...

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The problem I have with the Manesse Codex and Die Liebaart is that they reflect fashions in northern Europe. I was hoping for a bit more info on what was happening in Spain, Italy, Southern France and then into Outremer proper. This is true. You should go to the library and look at art. Copy what y...

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Black Swan Designs wrote:YES! That's it exactly! Why don't more people try that? It looks ace.

Because doing a good historical look requires letting go of what you want it to look like and just following the evidence. Most people don't want to do that.

Brent

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Here is a photo of me in a c1300 outfit from the medieval birthday party I threw myself in 2002.

[img]http://www.mediumaevum.com/party/pics/peter2.jpg[/img]

A few more photos are avalible at http://www.mediumaevum.com/party/gamepics.html

Brent

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I think we still have places that we can go with this that we're not, but the men have gotta have their shiny metal bits... One of the ways to balance out the shiny bits is to only do living history activities with them. Groups like the COSG don't do any sort of re-enactment combat, they only do dr...

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Just fishin' for a discussion, seeing which way it might lead. What I am hoping for is maybe someone has a little insight into the sub-gentry holding of land and the rights and obligations involved, to add flesh to sub-gentry or yeoman portrayals. Such a discussion is unlikely here as there are onl...

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Brent, thanks, how's Bruce Lyon's From Fief to Indenture ? I have it but need to get into it. Like I said this really is not my thing. I did look it up as it is on questia and it is 50 years old and very broad geographically and time covered, so I would say it won't kill you to read it but it is no...

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You need to look for books and articles that deal with land tenure. Most of them that I am aware of from that period deal almost exclusively with the change from villeinage to rents as most land tenures are more a hold over from mainly the 12th or 13th centuries and simply define the legal catagory ...

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I am curious, outside of stalking the Red Company what has Woodford done since he left the SCA in regards to the topic of the book. While theory, distant observation and prediction are interesting, I am wondering if he has done anything, or tried anything or been close enough to anything to really e...

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I am glad you posted the review. I found it informative as when this book was first mentioned I thought I might be interested in reading it and now I know I don't, which is what book reviews are for. I gave up on there being any sort of medieval time period in re-enactment/LH a long time ago. I have...

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p = modern pence
d = medieval pence

Brent

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