The Armour Archive

Karen Larsdatter

http://www.wymarc.com/artifacts/magi/magi.html

It's Spanish, though -- and IIRC that part of Iberia wasn't particularly Arabic/Moorish/Andalus at that time. But it does bear some similarity to http://www.levantia.com.au/clothing/poulain.html so I wonder if it's too far off, really ...

Karen Larsdatter

How big were they? Do you have <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9089320148?ie=UTF8&tag=suggestion-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=9089320148">Purses in Pieces</a>? IIRC, that was pretty good about giving the exact size of each of the artifacts und...

Karen Larsdatter

I'd also recommend <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0896762394?ie=UTF8&tag=suggestion-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0896762394">Medieval Tailor's Assistant: Making Common Garments 1200-1500</a> for patterns and arrangement techniques -- mostly it...

Karen Larsdatter

I know the first one is likely leather, but the others seem to be predominantly highly-embroidered cloth. Karen's website (where I got all the links) says they are "Sweet Bags". Well, technically, that second one is a seal burse -- sweetbags are a highly embroidered style that comes out o...

Karen Larsdatter

Just as a follow-up on this conversation: Here is a pdf on how to make a carry sack like pictured at Martebo in Gotland. m and then I've carried a market wallet a lot, there are pictures of them going back to at least the 13thC - I think that one of the Mispronounski Bible illustrations shows one. H...

Karen Larsdatter

I'm wondering, though, what gave the impression that the "chemise/skirt" is a 14th century style?

Karen Larsdatter

Melraidin wrote:Last time I was here we went through the Tower of London, again, much great armour to see.

They've got Henry VIII: Dressed to Kill at the moment, but I've heard mixed reviews on that exhibition.

Karen Larsdatter

LadyChatterly wrote:I hope they prove trustworthy. I am sure I will be buying (not sewing, as I wish I had the skill) more in the future and will definitely give your responses consideration. Thanks again!

Well, neither one apparently sells 14th century clothing.

Hmm, does anyone else smell Spam?

Karen Larsdatter

Check out m for images -- for patterns, etc., here are a few books to look for: ⋅ <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9089320040?ie=UTF8&tag=suggestion-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=9089320040">Purses in Pieces: Archaeological Finds of Lat...

Karen Larsdatter

It may also be interesting to consider (of course, after she's perused the many designs for the outside of a pavilion) doing a painted cloth wall-hanging; see m for some articles on this subject. One can see glimpses of patterned cloths -- usually with a geometric pattern, sometimes a bit more ornat...

Karen Larsdatter

You could just contact him directly, in that case ...

Karen Larsdatter

Does anyone have resources for information on scabbard making? I need info on making both the core and the leather covering. Thanks in advance m -- and also <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1843833530?ie=UTF8&tag=suggestion-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&crea...

Karen Larsdatter

You may be able to get a copy via interlibrary loan (honestly, I'd try going to the library at St. Cloud State; university libraries often have electronic access, or at least can acquire electronic copies relatively quickly) or by contacting the journal in which it was apparently published.

Karen Larsdatter

Use an eyelet awl or a similar tool (something pointy but not too sharp) to push the threads aside, rather than cutting the threads apart. Then, stitch an eyelet or buttonhole-stitch to reinforce the edges; I think http://www.bayrose.org/AandS/handouts/Buttonholes.pdf may have a lot of the information on these.

Karen Larsdatter

You can find some lovely (and perfectly SCA-appropriate) 14th century clothing at Historic Enterprises or Revival Clothing . If you'd like to make your own, see the links at m -- you might also want to see the photo galleries from 14th century living history organizations at m for some more ideas as...

Karen Larsdatter

chef de chambre wrote:What is the provenance of the image? Clearly it is 14th century, but where was it produced?

My notes at http://www.larsdatter.com/cooks.htm just say that it's from UniversitÃ¤tsbibliothek Graz 32, fol. 3r, c. 1300-1350. It's somewhere in http://www.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/realonline/ but I can't find the more complete citation at the moment.

Karen Larsdatter

I'd second the recommendation on fingerlooped braid. (Lucet cord isn't historically accurate, IIRC, but can be done on a plastic fork with the two center prongs snapped off.) You could also buy a thin braid or cord at the fabric store, if you're looking for something for the time being -- there's a ...

Karen Larsdatter

I think if they did have them in leather, it would probably have been more of a box rather than a case . But that's the thing. The boxes are mostly quite fancy, rather than utilitarian. Cases are made to hold a specific item, generally, rather than a group of different sorts of items. Baskets were c...

Karen Larsdatter

Has anyone seen anything like that? Sure, there's a couple of examples at m -- the example I really like pointing out is the one in the portrait of the wife of Philipp Gundelius (c. 1575-1585) but there are others in there as well. Some of them are in bentwood boxes like Frau Gundelius's, some of t...

Karen Larsdatter

Straw hats: http://www.larsdatter.com/strawhats.htm
Men's coifs: http://www.larsdatter.com/coifs.htm
Hoods: http://www.larsdatter.com/hoods.htm

Karen Larsdatter

Wilhelm zu Eltz-Kempenich wrote:Dammit! It's gonna take me forever to screen cap and piece together every single zoomed page I want in photoshop. I'm sure there are many people who'd love me if I did it though...

Check out http://www.medievaltymes.com/courtyard/ ... _bible.htm -- it may have what you're looking to do already.

Karen Larsdatter

http://www.larsdatter.com/weaving.htm might help you.

Karen Larsdatter

Easier to navigate from http://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/ex ... nlineKings I think

I also like to use their Corsair website -- http://corsair.morganlibrary.org -- to view the whole manuscript (and others in their collection). Probably the easiest way is to go to http://corsair.morganlibrary.org/cgi-bi ... E=kbSearch and seach for "638" with Medieval Images Only selected in the drop-down menu.

Karen Larsdatter

Galfrid atte grene wrote:While we're on the topic: Could anyone recommend some print sources for illustrations or photos of continental effigies?

http://www.kikirpa.be/www2/WWWOPAC/en/object.html has a few, I think.

Karen Larsdatter

http://translate.google.com does do Swedish to English translation.

You could also post to http://histvarld.historiska.se/histvarl ... ORUM_ID=21

Karen Larsdatter

In some 15th century illustration, I recently saw tent bags, in a scene with a tent being put up or taken down, with the persons arms painted on the tent bags, so now, I will proudly take my hessian canvas tent bags, paint my arms on a linen escutcheon, and sew said escutcheons to the bags, and lea...

Karen Larsdatter

http://fingerloop.org may have the directions you seek.

Karen Larsdatter

WHile it is very early for you, check out the Company of St. George dragons, they have in one of their most recent online issues, an article on packs and bundles, showing images up into the early 16th century, of every kind of container you can think of, from saddle valises, to wicker pack-baskets,...

Karen Larsdatter

Searching Bildindex for grabmal (and within those results for rÃ¼stung ) can also help you find what you're looking for. Here's a few of 'em (though other views are available for most of these); not all are within your 1400-1430 time frame, but I thought you might like to see them anyway. m m m m m ...

Karen Larsdatter

Has anyone searched the database successfully by categories other than name and date? I tried a quick search to see if I could find any Englishmen who might have served with the Teutonic Knights in Prussia and Lithuania (the article mentions one Thomas Gloucestre who did), but I had no luck using a...

Karen Larsdatter

I showed this to Glendour on Sunday. He was drooling too. Then, I looked up airfares for late October(he has a booth at the renfair until midOct). $147, more or less, round trip. Anyone got two couches? We're probably a lot further west than you'd rather be doing DC-bound crash space in, but if you...

Karen Larsdatter

http://www.darkridgejewels.com

Karen Larsdatter

Charlotte J wrote:It's The Justice of Cambyses by Gerard David, specifically the second panel, The Flaying of Sisamnes.

Slightly better view: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... s2_WGA.jpg

Karen Larsdatter

Do you have access to the Carl Kohler book, A History of Costume? There's a photo in there of a supposed 14thc extant chemise (sleeveless!) that has -- since WWII -- disappeared, sadly. It shows a very wide boat neckline with the shoulder seams being at most, an inch on each side. I make mine this ...

Karen Larsdatter

Side-lacing examples:
http://image.ox.ac.uk/images/bodleian/m ... 64/67r.jpg (from Romance of Alexander)
http://www.gothiceye.com/popup.asp?Ref=KNL11

See also http://larsdatter.com/mens-surcoats.htm

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