The Armour Archive

Karen Larsdatter

Get a copy of Purses in Pieces.

You'll find some other resources at http://www.larsdatter.com/pouches.htm -- but Purses in Pieces will be your best bet for historical accuracy.

There's a few other patterns at http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/i ... &catid=288 too.

Karen Larsdatter

A cup being lidded and footed, is a visual statement of status or importance, even as a chair is a chair, but a chair with a footstool, or on a dais, with a canopy is a throne (regardless of how crude the chair). Yep. But it's still a cup. (Well, basically. It might actually be a chalice, or some o...

Karen Larsdatter

Ah. See, to me, the difference between the two terms is that a "ewer" has a spout, and the "flagon" doesn't necessarily have a spout (or even a little notch that the liquid is supposed to come out of). (Also that the "ewer" is more likely to contain water for handwashin...

Karen Larsdatter

See, I'd disagree with ya, there, chef. I think flagons were used as a serving vessel, rather than a drinking vessel. (Which is why I have 'em sorted with the metal vessels for serving beverages at the table . (Yipes, does this mean I'm going to have to do a linkspage on flagon iconography? I just p...

Karen Larsdatter

Hmm ... I haven't seen any photos of my son from the event we went to over the weekend, but he too is 8 months old (though fairly large for his age). Before he was born, I sewed him a little white shirt, vaguely based on the V-shaped neckline of the St. Louis tunic, but with side gores like Herjolfs...

Karen Larsdatter

Like the German Waffenrock?
http://www.kimiko1.com/dressdiaries/Cpt ... index.html
http://research.fibergeek.com/garbcloth ... rock_1517/

Karen Larsdatter

An interesting illustration (that's even kinda related to this discussion) - m - Leopold the Strong, from the Bamberg Family Tree by Hans Part. Edited to add ... m -- a detail from m -- which is a section from the same painting, but this section is Leopold the Mild. The painting is dated c. 1489-1492.

Karen Larsdatter

From the images I've collected at http://larsdatter.com/surcoats.htm -- all of the ones that seem to be realistic portrayals of western European women (as opposed to fantastical Western portrayals of Eastern dancing-girls, etc.), they're at least as long as the dress worn under the surcoat itself, if that description makes sense.

Karen Larsdatter

Check out http://larsdatter.com/surcoats.htm for some examples of sideless surcoats. (Actually, the narrowest-torso'd ones I've seen are the 13th century Spanish examples; I'm not sure what you mean by a "tail" on a sideless surcoat.)

Karen Larsdatter

She's just not very comfortable in dresses. This is what happens when girls are raised wearing jeans. LOL And comfortable is a must any way. She might like 14th century "boy clothes" -- point her at m and see if she finds that appealing. I've seen several women in the SCA adopt this sort ...

Karen Larsdatter

Links to good costuming sites or pictures would also be very appreciated. You can find links to the styles of garb described above (and more!) at m Is it that she's not comfortable in long dresses (and is more comfortable in pants), or is she just looking for comfortable clothing in general (and mi...

Karen Larsdatter

Some things I am researching in the way of cuirbolli objects are- Documents cases/courier cases, penners, caskets, cup cases (for carefully moving expensive glass cups, or other expensive drinking vessels from one household to another), reliquary cases, cases of knives, and anything else I can mana...

Karen Larsdatter

Also a few leather jerkins at the Museum of London; I think these are also covered in Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition.
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/Englis ... &id=118831

Karen Larsdatter

Right there on the front page was Karen making a skep, and a bibliography so wonderful I nearly hyperventilated. Thank you Karen!!! That's not me making the skep; it's someone who's working for the Luttrell Psalter Film Project . Sorry! Should I edit that page to avoid confusion? I'm trying to find...

Karen Larsdatter

... aww, thanks, guys ...

gruffudd wrote:[url]larsdatter.org[/url]

Trying to misdirect people, sweetcheeks?

Karen Larsdatter

Found another example in this detail from an annunciation scene c. 1460-1470.

Karen Larsdatter

Kaos wrote:If you`d use several strands of the string you`ve used and twist them together to make a thicker string then it would compliment the purse a whole lot more.

Like a fingerloop braid, maybe? They're used for purse-strings in other contexts.

Karen Larsdatter

Being a distant Brit, I've never seen a Julep cup before, and the similarity to the museum ine is quite interesting. Can anyone point me to an article or reference to the history of the original ones ? How far back does that style of cup go ? Hiya, Pete - There's a lot of 'em in museum collections,...

Karen Larsdatter

I ordered a copy as soon as I saw this post. These purses have intrigued me for a while, I'm glad to see that Goubitz studied them. Has anyone found any pictoral examples of women wearing this style of purse? To the best of my knowledge they are gender-specific. The two-lobed pouches specifically -...

Karen Larsdatter

Oh, I forgot to mention LiberFloridus as another good place to search, once you have the French word for what you're looking for.

Karen Larsdatter

apolloniavoss wrote:How off am I?

Umm ... you couldn't be more off if your name was Offa the Off of Offa.

Karen Larsdatter

Very cool, Brian! Looking forward to seeing the tablet as it progresses! Will you be carving your heraldry into the shield (or are you going to just stick with St. George's cross)?

Karen Larsdatter

In that vein, take a look at Mandragore which allows you to search the scanned images of documents held in the French National Library. I use this a lot, for stuff for larsdatter.com . The best way I've found for searching this site -- since I'm usually looking for examples of something by keyword,...

Karen Larsdatter

http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/i ... &catid=408

Karen Larsdatter

What do you mean by "leather and fur clothing"? There were certainly leather accessories (gloves, purses/pouches, shoes, and boots); there is some evidence for fur linings in gowns, surcoats, and cloaks. But this may not be what you're interested in.

Karen Larsdatter

iomtalach wrote:Is there a repository on line for medieval/sca embroidery files? A place I can find files, and upload files, and share in projects with other people? If not, can we start one?

http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/i ... catid=1374

Karen Larsdatter

Jkeller wrote:What kind of bellows?

Hah! I wondered if this would ever come in handy!

http://larsdatter.com/bellows.htm

Karen Larsdatter

Ah -- forgot about the books of hours/calendar iconography . Check out the April illustrations in the Julius Calendar and Hymnal (British Library MS Cotton Julius A. VI, fol. 4v) and the Anglo-Saxon Calendar (British Library MS Cotton Tiberius B. V, fol. 4v) . They're on the later side of what you'r...

Karen Larsdatter

Four glass claw beakers, Anglo-Saxon, late 6th century AD, from the princely burial at Taplow, Buckinghamshire

Karen Larsdatter

Wearing riding boots outside of riding seems as common then as wearing a modern riding outfit in public is today. Not that this fella is a border reiver, obviously, but he's certainly not riding a horse: m Dunno how realistic that is for an early 16th century falconer, but it's certainly an interes...

Karen Larsdatter

Basically, I was looking for male hairstyles in England (southern half) during the latter half of the 14th century. About 1360 to 1380 specifically. Dunno whether I can get specific enough to the southern half of England, but here's some illos from some from around that time period: ⋅ The...

Karen Larsdatter

I would love some suggestions on starting places (books, links, other) on places where I can cross reference mens hair cuts with time period and culture. m I think this is one of those questions where it's easier to ask about hairstyles in a time and location, rather than asking for an overall surv...

Karen Larsdatter

I was just wondering if anyone might have some input on good titles for 16th century sources. It depends on exactly what I'm looking for, but for 16th century, I like looking at the descriptions in the Medieval & Tudor Kent Wills as well as the inventories of gifts to Queen Elizabeth . One of m...

Karen Larsdatter

The Museum of London books go up only to 1450, correct? They're not as much use for 16th century. I wish the Museum would publish books on their 16th-century collections. They have; look for Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition: Tudor and Stuart Period Finds c. 1450-c. 1700 from Excav...

Karen Larsdatter

So are card decks normally hand painted or wood block printed or both? What are they normally made from? There's some that are block-printed, and some that are hand-painted. It depends on when we're talking about. They vary. (It's like saying, "Were books handpainted or wood block printed or b...

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Re: Flagons

Re: Outfits for Kid â€“for an 8 month old baby on up.

Re: Conical tent help

Re: Sideless surcoats....

Re: Girls in pants? Any good ideas for women's garb w/ pants

Re: Pretty cool grab off eBay.

Re: hmmm...a guessing game

Re: Karen the Librarian?

Re: trying my hand at a wax tablet

Re: Woven Trim

Re: leather and furs

Re: Machine Embroidery files

Re: 15th Century smithy

Re: Cups

Re: Cups

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