The Armour Archive

Tracy Justus

Bonus question: In which private collection did they reside before arriving at their current location? From Churburg to the Toscanelli collection, then to Ressman and the Bargello. Super Bonus question: To which 14th century armourer are these gauntlets most likely attributed? My Italian is piss-poo...

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Johannes-- Are you talking about the St.George from the Retable of the Crucifixion in Dijon? It's in the MusÃƒÂ©e des Beaux-Arts de Dijon. However in poking around to get the URLs I found that there's an exhibit on the Burgundian court at the Cleveland Museum of Art opening the 24th to which the Dij...

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Oops, I forgot... there is some armor in the Cluny. There's just one case but it includes a side pivot bascinet, a sallet, a barbute, a curious bascinet visor (displayed upside down), 2 pieces of brigandine and some 14th c mail. Of course there's lots of other wonderful stuff in the Cluny, but you w...

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The 'armor museum' in Paris is at Les Invalides. Right now it is under renovation and only the cream of the collection is on display in two small rooms, but it is well worth seeing. Photos are permitted. Bookstore is 50% Napoleonic, 50% WWII. There's a little armor in the Louvre: ancient stuff in th...

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On July 24th in Durham NC Wade Allen will once again bring out much of his collection of medieval and rennaissance arms and armor for folks to handle, try on, and photograph. The will be at Eno Academy, an SCA event. (Schedule currently unknown.) Some new things have been added to his collection in ...

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On July 24th in Durham NC Wade Allen will once again bring out much of his collection of medieval and rennaissance arms and armor for folks to handle, try on, and photograph. The will be at Eno Academy, an SCA event. (Schedule currently unknown.) Some new things have been added to his collection in ...

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There's a late 14th c pouch in the Cluny museum, Cl. 21860. The face fabric is silk with a design of eagles and vines, the back is a plain-weave dusty pink linen and the lining is white fustian. The fustian is in 3/1 twill and has a cotton warp and a linen weft . In addition the fustian is patterned...

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It's not just amateur scholars who get confused-- I was looking on the Pierpont Morgan Library website at the Da Costa Hours and saw that November was woefully misidentified as 'Carding Wool'. (Never mind that the sheep get sheared in June.) Actually, the two men in the foreground are breaking the f...

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Cambok!

Clare

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I've used tow from Jas. Townsend in a padding for a burgonet. While the tow looks trashy I found the finished padding to reasonable- there weren't bits of straw poking through the linen. Half a 3 oz bag was sufficient for the helmet lining.

Clare

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There are two kinds of crepe, crepe fabric and crepe yarn. Crepe fabric has a weave structure which is acheivable by ordinary 4 harness medieval looms. It has short floats like twill but not organized in a regular fashion as twill is (twill has a distinctive diagonal pattern, crepe does not). Becaus...

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For those who are interested, Dr. Randall Storey's thesis is here. Interesting reading.

Regards, Clare

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Regarding the German image lorenzo posted- I'm inclined to believe there could be a shirt under the doublet. I've been looking at German prints from the latter 15th c recently and I often see 3/4 length sleeves on young men such as this example. (This was a popular scene and was copied by several ar...

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This site has a calendar of medieval Saint's days (pre 1500). This site has calculations for determining Easter, and the various holy days that are dependant on it's calculation. (About 2/5ths of the way down.) Hope this helps. You were asking in regards to the Catholic Church, right? Regards, Clare

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Thanks for the responses, guys. I'm glad I can pare down from what I originally envisioned. One question, though- do you point your hose to your arming doublet, or do they stay up without being pointed? (HE touts theirs as being able to stay up without pointing, and I wondered how this was done. I s...

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IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve been asked to make a padded German arming doublet to be worn under armor, all in the style of c.1480. In doing research IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve come up with a few questions that I hope those here can answer. (IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve used the term Ã¢â‚¬Ëœpadded arming doubletÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ instead of Ã¢â‚¬ËœjackÃ¢â‚¬â...

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Here's one of the upper back plates in the Met- you can see that it was covered with coarse plain-weave linen, then a finer diamond weave linen and then a red velvet (there are traces of velvet around the nail heads). The green strap is tablet-woven silk. I think both the linen layers were glued do...

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I'm in correspondance with a gentleman in France who has the article, however he's been on vacation until this week. I may have some more information later this week- will keep ya'll posted.

Clare

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Here's a close up of the Ghirlandaio portrait. Similar lacing rings (but a different lacing style) can be found on a roughly contemporaneous Carlo Crivelli painting of the Magdalene. It's #18. The site has some great close-ups but I seem to can't make a direct link. Gwyneth, is the lacing under Mar...

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Because the journal is specialized (conservation and restoration of French artifacts) and completely in French I doubt it is likely to be in a general US collection. It might be in a few institutions that have large art conservation departments, like the Met and Winterthur. If you can find it throug...

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Thank you everybody, that's exactly what I was looking for.

Clare

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Thanks, Caithlinn. The Getty Research Library is non-circulating so I can't ILL the journal, and I'm on the other side of the country.

Does anyone else have any suggestions?

Clare

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ThereÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s an article in a French conservation journal, CORÃƒâ€°, about the conservation of the sleeve of Saint Martin. This is a relic in the church of the small village of Bussy-Saint-Martin. The sleeve is dated to 1160-1270 and is quilted of six thicknesses of fabric at the armhole tapering d...

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I'm looking for the manuscript illumination of a group of soldiers in kettle hats looting a small building. A couple are carrying out a chest and guys are tossing things out the windows. I think it's French, late 14th/early 15th c. The source can be online or in a book- though I've gone through a nu...

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There are a few other instances of colored collars and cuffs, notably van Dyck's 1623 portrait of Elena Grimaldi whose collar is black and cuffs are red. IIRC there's something in _Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd_ about colored starch being used to tint ruffs. I agree that because the detachable...

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I went to the University library last night. To my great disappointment (read: I cursed and kicked things when I got home) the library has put Waffen-und Kostumkunde in storage. I'm not a student, so I have to make an arrangement with one to get them out of storage. Depending on whether they can be ...

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Thanks for all the information. I plan to go to the university library next week and copy the W&K article. Ivo, if no one has offered you a copy already I can send you either a hard copy or a scan. Let me know which you'd prefer.

Thanks, Clare

Tracy Justus

Latin prayers with information about the rosary. There's also a pdf article on medieval paternosters with references to examples in art and an extensive bibliography.

Happy hunting, Clare

Tracy Justus

Also look for Cutlery for the Table: A History of British Table and Pocket Cutlery by Simon Moore (Sheffield, 1999). Moore's been studying and collecting English knives for over 30 years and half the book is devoted to the Bronze Age through the Renaissance. Wade Allen has a large collection of medi...

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In research for 15th c. under-armor garments I came across these photos of two surviving 15th c. padded gaments. I understand from reading the Saynte George list that there's another garment in AltmÃƒÂ¤rkisches Museum, Stendal. These have been published. Does anyone here have any information on them...

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Gwen wrote: You might want to consider a nicer knife than a plain wooden handle; the bone handle one we carry is especially nice if you're looking for in stock/moderate cost. Tod's Stuff in the UK has very nice one-offs for a good bit more if that's what your budget can afford. Knife blades with an ...

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I think I'll have to pick up some of those IKEA glasses for guests also. Tracy if you have any other links for modern items that work in a medieval setting I for one would be very interested. I use small red earthenware dishes which are glazed inside for salt or sauces like mustard. They are sold t...

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This glass from IKEA is remarkably similar in size and shape to 14th c tumblers. Not a repro- the spiral pattern is ahistoric- but that isn't noticable when the glass is full. I like to use mine for hospitality in camp. They're inexpensive so I can be gracious inwardly as well as outwardly if one b...

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My impression from reading Harmand is that he examined the pourpoint personally- it was in a private collection then. While some of his information is peculiar I think on this he's reliable.

Clare

Return of the Touchy Feely Armor Museum (x-post)

Return of the Touchy-Feely Armor Museum

Garment layers under armor- c.1480 German

Sleeve of Saint Martin

looking for looting picture

15th c. padded garments in Lubeck