The Armour Archive

Karen Larsdatter

I think the skinny belts have always been associated with being women's belts just because of thier more delicate nature. Not saying that right, just saying what I suppose..... I'm not sure about that -- there are lots of delicate skinny belts that are associated with being men's belts. (I think it...

Karen Larsdatter

yes, it says a woman's belt, but is it really? can you tell? I can't. could be a womans' belt. Might not be. Is it a 14th century belt? Can you tell? I can't. Could be a 13th century belt. Could be a 15th century belt. Could be a 19th century fake. Might not be a belt at all, really. At some point,...

Karen Larsdatter

how about this? a 14th century belt that's in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. can't get better documentaion than primary right? Sure -- there's primary documentation in context . This is specifically a lady's belt, and I suspect that Sir Angus is not a lady. Some more information and...

Karen Larsdatter

More examples of mittens and three-fingered gloves at m (The three-fingered gloves I'd made used a different pattern than James B.'s -- the thumb was well-fitted, but there was a gusset from the top of one pair of fingers to the top of the other -- from the pattern in The Medieval Tailor's Assistant...

Karen Larsdatter

The book mentions that the Museum of London has the biggest assemblage of Tudor clothing after the Mary Rose. It's a shame that the Museum of London does not seem to have done a book or catalog of their 16th-century collection, as they did with their medieval finds. You might not have seen Material...

Karen Larsdatter

There's some more at http://www.havene.org/polycandelon.html too.

Karen Larsdatter

(I'm trying to talk my wife into knitting a reliquery pouch for me to carry my insulin pump in...) You'd probably find a pouch (rather than a drawstring reliquary purse) to be more comfortable -- plus, they tend to be seen more often on men in illustrations (especially 14th-15th centuries, but also...

Karen Larsdatter

James B.'s photos from the Museum of London included some 16th-century knitted garments, including a child's waistcoat. It's at m -- and you can find more information about it from the Museum of London Picture Library ( search for the word "infant"). I don't think knitted hose come in until sometim...

Karen Larsdatter

does anyone know if there are any examples of knit or crocheted clothing? Knitting yes (I'd second the recommendation on A History of Hand Knitting , which just went back into print in the past couple of years) -- crocheting, on the other hand, doesn't seem to have been done that early. See m for s...

Karen Larsdatter

See m for several examples of men wearing this particular shape of pouch, including several 14th century appearances. But as to similar metal-mount "furniture" on this style of pouch -- the only other examples I've seen were also from the 15th century: ⋅ Cheese in a 15th century Tacuinum ...

Karen Larsdatter

There is a company that makes 17th and 18th century silks but they are pricy, about $30 a yard is on the cheap end $200 a yard is the normal retail price. The thing to consider is that buying these materials was no difference in outrageous cost then as they are today, only the mega rich wore them. ...

Karen Larsdatter

Thanks! Added the Lorenzetti & Martini; already posted the Giotto.

Karen Larsdatter

"S" is generally thought to be short for a motto, though the exact motto to which it refers has been lost to time. (Theories include Saint Simplicius ; the martyrs of Soissons, Saint Crespin, and Saint Crespinian , referring to the date of the Battle of Agincourt; the Countess of Salisbury ; the Lat...

Karen Larsdatter

Oo -- that's another good one! Illustrations of the murder of Agamemnon are also good for inside-out clothes, like this illo from De mulieribus claris (BNF Fr. 598, fol. 49v) or this illo from De casibus (BNF Fr. 230, fol. 22), or this illo from yet another De casibus (BNF Fr. 229, fol. 32v). (Somet...

Karen Larsdatter

Michael Ekelmann wrote:late 16th century hunting

Started work on the hunting scenes linkspage: http://www.larsdatter.com/hunting.htm

Karen Larsdatter

The interior of the 15th century Swabian example is photographed: m m m m m As to the hinged ivory boxes, it looks like the hinges are mounted on the wooden box (onto which the ivory is mounted); the ivory is carved to give a little slot of room for the hinge. Not all of these boxes had hinged-on li...

Karen Larsdatter

Karen Larsdatter wrote:But I can work on a chronologically-arranged set of links of illustrations of building-construction, and will work on that soon.

And now it's online: http://www.larsdatter.com/construction.htm

Karen Larsdatter

You've seen the links at m -- right? There are a bunch of different styles of ivory and wooden caskets -- some of which don't have hinges at all. Here's a selection of those links which show how the hinges were held on: ⋅ The Bamberg Casket, 11th century ⋅ German casket in bone...

Karen Larsdatter

"Coney," but "rabbit" and "hare" are also used.

Karen Larsdatter

Pretty!

Have you seen the Dog Collar Museum at Leeds Castle? It looks like the museum's website is down at the moment, but you can see some of the collection at http://community.webshots.com/album/608 ... X?start=12

Karen Larsdatter

How do I progress in skill without deluging myself with objects I have no use for? By making "sampler" or study projects to practice a skill or technique, over and over again, until you feel comfortable with the motor skills required to produce the elements of a project that you don't feel comforta...

Karen Larsdatter

An example from the Romance of Alexander (mid-14th century): http://home.adelphi.edu/sbloch/ma/tents ... nd.hut.jpg (or http://image.ox.ac.uk/images/bodleian/m ... 4/204r.jpg for full-color slow-loading version)

There's also structures used for market stalls (merchant booths), which we discussed in a thread at http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=66923

Karen Larsdatter

http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/i ... &catid=147

Karen Larsdatter

Yeah, I know ... I kinda slacked off on the bits that people asked for. I'm a terrible person. Aaron -- see m for some links relating to belts. I'll think about doing this, but the problem here is that there's a lot of -- well, I guess the concept would be "waist accessories," really -- and it's har...

Karen Larsdatter

Realized it's been a while since I've updated here on the new bits on the website -- so here's the list of new pages (since the my previous posting to this thread, anyway): ⋅ Cloaks - m ⋅ Fans (16th & early 17th century only) - m ⋅ Rings - m ⋅ Pendants (16th &...

Karen Larsdatter

apolloniavoss wrote:Thoughts?

http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/i ... catid=1241

Karen Larsdatter

adamstjohn wrote:That's pretty funny. Is this a well known comedian?

The guy on the donkey is Patton Oswalt. (I recommend picking up his 222 CDs.)

Karen Larsdatter

The way I'd guess it was done -- at least in terms of the boxes linked below, culled from m -- looks like the wooden box was carved in such a way that there was a protrusion for the figures, which was then covered by the leather; then the leather itself was carved with the tiny details. But I'm neit...

Karen Larsdatter

Some more at m too including pieces from 7th-8th century Samarkand ; the Lewis Chessmen (late 12th century Norway)[/url]; and so on. The BNF has an interesting online exhibit about the game of chess , and that has some additional good detailed photos as well -- here's the knights from the Charlemagn...

Karen Larsdatter

There has been and explosion of goods for the 14th century table lately, although I have not seen much evidence for eating forks (although I focus on France/England). Look into the Medieval Household from the Museum of London series. A few, but not many. (As discussed in other threads -- it's not t...

Karen Larsdatter

FWIW -- if we go by the Ellesmere illustrator's (c. 1410) interpretations of Chaucer's clothing descriptions (c. 1380s), then we have the Canon's Yeoman , Man of Law , and Miller all wearing garments described as a "cote." If I had to guess, I'd say that a "cote" could be any garment which opens in ...

Karen Larsdatter

And what are these hats called besides pointed hats and for what time period are they appropriate? I think I've seen them in the Manesse Codex. They're called "hats," as far as I can tell. It's just the brim that's got the folded-up pointy bit; the crown isn't pointy at all. They appear in a couple...

Karen Larsdatter

Okeydokey; I've gotten a good start on the gloves & mittens page -- m I'm also putting in some thought on adding a linkspage on fans as well. Would it be more useful to have a linkspage that's on smiths in general (blacksmiths, armorers, etc.) -- rather than just smiths' aprons? I've started a links...

Karen Larsdatter

Since there were no women on Crusade, how could a European be born in Palestine? Granted, it mostly deals with the women involved with the Siege of Acre (and is, admittedly, not the most stellarly-written piece of research on the subject), but check out Women of Peace and War . Lots of women went o...

Karen Larsdatter

And what's peasantwear in Scandinavia in some as-yet to be nailed-down part of the 14th century may not be knightly apparel in Outremer, either ...

Re: Looking for three fingered glove pattern.

Re: "Before the Mast": book on Mary Rose archaeolo

Re: knitting/crocheting

Re: Annunciation Triptych Pouch - 1375-1400??

Re: Chains of Estate

Re: Caskets and Coffers

Re: Heraldry: rabbit

Re: Dog Collars

Re: stuck

Re: "Portable" Tudor Houses

Re: Best Silk Stretching Method/Multi-use Frame

Re: Garment leather decoration