The Armour Archive

Karen Larsdatter

You can find some woodworking projects at http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/i ... &catid=204

Karen Larsdatter

Here's a book list you may want to include: http://geocities.com/scademoteam/juviebooks.htm
We'd developed it a few years ago, so there may be newer books that would be interesting to young readers as well.

Karen Larsdatter

Some more illustrations from 14th century Silesia, from a manuscript of the Vita beatae Hedwigis commissioned by Duke Ludwig I in 1353:
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/art ... rtobj=4361
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/art ... rtobj=4376
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/art ... rtobj=4386

Karen Larsdatter

http://www.larsdatter.com/chests.htm

Karen Larsdatter

Can't think why they imagine it to be embroidered silk, brodierie is not my thing, but that aint threads. Sometimes I wonder what the KIKIRPA descriptions are actually based on. But then and again, I cannot claim to read French or Dutch (the two languages that the KIKIRPA database currently uses) w...

Karen Larsdatter

Also banners like the Ghent banner*, circa 1460-70 are painted on quite heavy canvas, not prone to lovely swirling silk like flow, but this was the city banner so if Ghent were using canvas it might say soemthing about why. * Karen 'she-who-rocketh-verily' Larsdatter's site has a fair pic. Aw, than...

Karen Larsdatter

Costrels.

Karen Larsdatter

Ah! I was wondering what you meant by kestrels -- since that's a word for a kind of falcon. (He wants to leathertool ... on a bird?!? ) I've started up a linkspage on costrels & canteens -- it's at m -- but it's not very detailed yet. You can find more information at m too. Here's another piece ...

Karen Larsdatter

Just finally got around to posting the start of a new linkspage on this subject (in case anyone is still interested) -- http://www.larsdatter.com/dog-collars-leashes.htm

Karen Larsdatter

Found a few illustrations of hunting horns in La Venerie by Jaques du Fouilloux, 1561:
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wulfric/r ... ig_c13.htm
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wulfric/r ... ig_c14.htm
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wulfric/r ... ig_c28.htm
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wulfric/r ... ig_c31.htm
etc.

Karen Larsdatter

Lord Robert Downey wrote:Good friends. Was this information ever given? I am looking for references to this as well, and found tis old thread on a search....

I don't know -- but you can find some links with instructions at http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/i ... &catid=513 and some pictures of boards for playing tables at http://www.larsdatter.com/games.htm

Karen Larsdatter

I suspect that the transition towards breeches/braies with a fly was around the era when hose were attached to a doublet or pourpoint, rather than the breeches/braies. (Not that I have any practical experience in wearing either one, or any firm evidence for this transition ... but it seems to be a l...

Karen Larsdatter

My standard advice on documentation-writing is at http://www.larsdatter.com/documentation.htm

Karen Larsdatter

From a practical standpoint, I'd go with something like the Maciejowski Bible satchels for most of the "small stuff" that you would generally find yourself carrying to an event, and perhaps a drawstring purse (like the alms-purses or liturgical purses) to hold money, IDs, etc.; this could ...

Karen Larsdatter

It depends on what sorts of things you intend to keep in your pouch; my linkspage at m is a bit light on the 12th & 13th centuries, but there's a few reliquary and/or liturgical purses, alms-purses, and even a few satchels. Kidney pouches seem to have come along later -- assuming if you mean the...

Karen Larsdatter

New linkspage (in progress) on this subject: http://www.larsdatter.com/breeches.htm
(I'm about midway through the list of links that I'm planning to add to that page. Linkspages on hose and shirts are also in development, from a request from mcnasd.)

Karen Larsdatter

Ravnos wrote:Does anyone have any modern pics of people in appropriate garb for an 11th century Norman woman?

Check out http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/i ... &catid=354 for some 11th century living history groups, like Normannen Reenactment um 1066 and Conquest.

Karen Larsdatter

http://www.regia.org/members/basclot4.htm
http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/rhuddlan/images/
http://adamastorshire.co.za/chronicler/ ... garb2.html

There's some general links on beginner-oriented garment construction at http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/i ... &catid=125 also.

Karen Larsdatter

What is this, Flatter Karen Day? Really, guys ... it's sweet ... kinda weird, but sweet ... There's a better photo of it at m -- I think it's a case, or a cover for something, but I don't know what. (In any case -- there's no flap there -- and I believe it's a brocade fabric, rather than embroidery...

Karen Larsdatter

This might be a better question for the Interpretive Recreation section, but if you're just looking for machine-embroidered yardage, I've found some pretty stuff at JoAnns in the spring & summer months, and Denver Fabrics has some nice-looking embroidered taffeta.

Karen Larsdatter

Some other 15th century examples from m -- ⋅ December in the Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry ⋅ Hunting a stag in a forest (BNF Lat. 1156B, fol. 163) ⋅ Prince Tassilo Rides to Hunting ⋅ Diana and her maidens hunt a stag (KB 74 G 27, fol. 59r), ⋅&nbs...

Karen Larsdatter

Bertrand and Gainsborough also do period silk brocades (I think) -- but again, not cheap. I'm sure that a lot of late medieval re-enactors would be interested in brocades, if they possessed some magical combination of affordability and period-correct fiber content. There's some black & white ph...

Karen Larsdatter

Gawrsh.

Awful kind of you.

Anyway ... okay ... back on subject matter

I got started on http://www.larsdatter.com/collars.htm last night (bah, of course, now I see a couple of HTML flaws; why didn't I catch them while I was working on this?) -- I'll be adding more to this page as I find 'em. (And fixing the sloppy HTML, too.)

Karen Larsdatter

-a triangular shaped satchel that hangs off of the belt. now the latter one mentioned. to me it looks like a traingular shaped bage that hangs off of the belt. Could you point out a bag in this style? The ones I'm thinking of are more mid- to late 15th century, so it might not be what you're thinki...

Karen Larsdatter

Karen you are a veritable font of knowledge! Gosh, very kind of you I checked your website but didn't find anything. How do you manage to keep all of these references at hand and straight in your head? Or did you simply search these right off and turn them up? (If so, what keywords and engine did y...

Karen Larsdatter

Sure -- there are depictions of livery collars dating to the 14th century. See Richard II on the left panel of the Wilton Diptych , for example. There's a collar of esses on Sir John Swinford , who died in 1371; it appears to have started as a symbol for the followers of John of Gaunt, and then gets...

Karen Larsdatter

Michael Ekelmann wrote:I am racking my brain to think of where I saw big leather bags that looked "duffley" Ãn some period art. I'm thinking of ones taht sort of look like a blanket roll, with buckles, or a giant map case.

Go to page 9 at http://www.companie-of-st-george.ch/dragon-11.pdf (though there's a few others in that article too).

Karen Larsdatter

There are some medieval bone combs at http://www.larsdatter.com/combs.htm and some links on comb-making at http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/i ... &catid=537

Karen Larsdatter

Thjoren Grimwulfe wrote:Yall know anyone or anywhere for 10th cent feat gear?

Sure. Look at http://www.larsdatter.com/feastgear2.htm and http://www.larsdatter.com/feastgear3.htm to get some ideas as to what you want to look for, and then I'd suggest looking at The Jelling Dragon, The Northerner, Trinity Court, and Poterie des Grands Bois.

Karen Larsdatter

Anyway as I said before everyone plays by their own standards. Quite true. Some people are happy to dine off of pewterware that's meant to look like solid silver. Some people elaborately paint canvas pavilions to look like silk. Some people make furniture out of the wrong kinds of woods, because th...

Karen Larsdatter

Any guidance on XVth century stuff? HE has some nice 15th century stuff too (as I'm sure Gwen will post shortly) -- again, check out m for some artwork depicting 15th century dining (at various social strata) as well as some utensils etc. in museums. If nothing else, this should educate your eye in...

Karen Larsdatter

So anyone have any info on who makes/supplies some cool stuff? Sure. Check out the links at m for ideas as to what sorts of items you'll want for your settings, and then m for some suppliers. Some others to check out: Billy & Charlie , The Northerner ; additional suppliers outside the U.S. like...

Karen Larsdatter

Check out the links at http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/i ... &catid=534 for bone-related crafts.

Karen Larsdatter

I have been to Karen's site- GREAT site BTW. Well, shucks and I'd have pointed you to m too ... Glad to hear that you've found it useful, though! Not a whole lot of extant examples showing tooling on the leather, though there are other styles of ornamentation on there -- metal mountings on leather,...

Karen Larsdatter

I've heard good things about the store, though I've never been there myself.

Re: Woodworking Pattern Suggestions?

Re: Homeschooling workshop

Re: 14th cent. Silesia--2nd go around

Re: Looking for pictures of medieval chest hardware

Re: Dog Collars

Re: Shield documentation for A&S entry

Re: Best pouch style for the 1100/1200s?

Re: 11th Century Womens Garb

Re: fabric sources?

Re: a hunting horn

Re: Chains of Estate

Re: Leather bags, big ones?

Re: 14th century tableware

Re: Bone Project Suggestions

Re: 14th century leather bags/pouches

Re: Possible source for real silk velvet?