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by Karen Larsdatter
Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:24 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Larsdatter.com - sections to add?
Replies: 34
Views: 527

Jason Grimes wrote:I like your site, lots of information. FYI - I had some troubles looking at the pictures of the black work??

Yep; haven't moved all of that over from the old Geocities site yet (and it needs thorough updating, anyway. Thanks for letting me know!
by Karen Larsdatter
Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:13 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Larsdatter.com - sections to add?
Replies: 34
Views: 527

late 16th century hunting Hmm -- might do a general survey of hunting-themed imagery (not just the late 16th century). Sure is a lot of it! I've already done a page on fishing -- m -- and for hunting-related information, there's the links at m too. Speaking of late 16th century hunting, have you se...
by Karen Larsdatter
Thu Dec 07, 2006 4:30 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Larsdatter.com - sections to add?
Replies: 34
Views: 527

earnest carruthers wrote:May I suggest sex?

No, thanks; I'm already married and pregnant. :lol:
by Karen Larsdatter
Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:40 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Larsdatter.com - sections to add?
Replies: 34
Views: 527

I got really into gloves after I got my new MoL book in England and went to the museum and saw a couple of mittens. I am sewing a fur lined 3 finger pair with the proper thumb which Marc has not found yet . I should email him some info I got Have you seen the pair of 3-finger gloves that Elspet mad...
by Karen Larsdatter
Thu Dec 07, 2006 9:51 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Larsdatter.com - sections to add?
Replies: 34
Views: 527

Btw -- to follow up on some of the postings that have already appeared upthread -- some of these topics already appear fairly thoroughly on other people's websites and/or research, so I'm going to steer clear of those subject areas, but I'll at least point out some URLs to look for ... though in som...
by Karen Larsdatter
Thu Dec 07, 2006 9:28 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Larsdatter.com - sections to add?
Replies: 34
Views: 527

PM sent. :)
by Karen Larsdatter
Wed Dec 06, 2006 4:19 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Larsdatter.com - sections to add?
Replies: 34
Views: 527

Cap'n Atli wrote:No boats or ships? :D

Well, some ... and they are purdy ... :lol:
http://www.larsdatter.com/nefs.htm
by Karen Larsdatter
Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:22 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Larsdatter.com - sections to add?
Replies: 34
Views: 527

Larsdatter.com - sections to add?

Hi folks - I may have some time later this month to work on adding some completely new content pages to my medieval material culture links site at larsdatter.com (which is where I've moved most of my old Geocities pages to). Anyone have suggestions for a new linkspage topic you'd like to see on ther...
by Karen Larsdatter
Tue Dec 05, 2006 9:39 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: 16th cen campaign gear? Research help
Replies: 7
Views: 173

Re: 16th cen campaign gear? Research help

The portrait of Anthony Mildmay by Nicholas Hilliard (c. 1585) has an interesting view of the interior of a pavilion, and a table, chair, and chest inside it.

For more 16th century chests, see http://www.larsdatter.com/chests.htm
by Karen Larsdatter
Sun Dec 03, 2006 2:02 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: 14thC Pins.
Replies: 5
Views: 147

Re: 14thC Pins.

There's a whole chapter on pins in Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: Dress Accessories c. 1150-c. 1450, including photos of 14th century pins specifically.
by Karen Larsdatter
Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:37 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Forging Feast gear
Replies: 29
Views: 611

The only "forks" that I have ever seen that weren't some sort of forged item were twisted bits of silver wire that were savagely expensive. Have you seen these? m m m m FWIW ... learning to eat with just a knife & spoon can be done. (It's good to have a napkin on your left shoulder and/or your lap,...
by Karen Larsdatter
Sun Nov 26, 2006 9:55 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Forging Feast gear
Replies: 29
Views: 611

That is a very cool image but I suspect it does not give provenance for the general use of a table fork at a medieval meal. I remember reading some time ago that the most common use of small (often 2-tine) forks, pre-1600, was to get pickles or olives out of jars, or for eating shellfish. Makes sen...
by Karen Larsdatter
Sun Nov 26, 2006 9:37 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Forging Feast gear
Replies: 29
Views: 611

Some other iron candleholders & suchlike:
http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/kultdoku/katal ... ml/645.htm
http://www.bildindex.de/bilder/MI07837g12a.jpg
http://www.bildindex.de/bilder/MI01629c13a.jpg

See http://www.larsdatter.com/candleholders.htm for more candleholders.
by Karen Larsdatter
Sat Nov 25, 2006 4:29 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Renaissance belts and accessories
Replies: 3
Views: 127

Re: Renaissance belts and accessories

Men's, or women's?
Any particular country?
Any particular part of the Renaissance?

You can find some Renaissance-era purses towards the bottom of http://www.larsdatter.com/pouches.htm
by Karen Larsdatter
Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:43 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Merchant Stalls at the Great Fairs
Replies: 20
Views: 546

Jörg Breu the Elder also has a town painting with market stalls like I am looking at. I found it in a book but not online. The Augsburger Monatsbilder , maybe? There are (permanent) market stalls in the November section . (If that's the kind of stall you're looking for, it's also the kind of thing...
by Karen Larsdatter
Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:59 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Merchant Stalls at the Great Fairs
Replies: 20
Views: 546

James B. wrote:I once read about a business of second hand clothing sales called fripping for instance, that kind of stuff is fascinating.

One of my protégés is doing research on frippers and the secondhand clothing trade; send me a PM or an email and I'll get you in touch with her.
by Karen Larsdatter
Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:22 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Merchant Stalls at the Great Fairs
Replies: 20
Views: 546

Re: Merchant Stalls at the Great Fairs

The online editions of the Tacuinum Sanitatis show what appears to be early 15th century merchant stalls -- is there a specific sort of merchant you're interested in? (There's a few relating to the manufacture and sale of clothing, like fols. 94 , 94v , and 95 in BNF Nouvelle acquisition latine 1673...
by Karen Larsdatter
Thu Nov 16, 2006 1:29 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: I need some help with identifying a hat and cote
Replies: 5
Views: 208

Re: I need some help with identifying a hat and cote

amhlaidgh wrote:No name that I know of, but it is very similar in construction to that of the man sewing seed in the Luttrel Psalter. (although the one in the Luttrel is a more modest affair...)

http://www.diu-minnezit.de/share/Handsc ... ell-34.jpg :?:
by Karen Larsdatter
Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:02 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: I need some help with identifying a hat and cote
Replies: 5
Views: 208

There's also the distinct possibility that this (and some of the other outfits depicted) don't reflect what people might realistically have been wearing while hunting in either the early 15th century (when this manuscript was produced) or the 1380s (when the text was written).
by Karen Larsdatter
Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:20 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: free patterns medieval clothing
Replies: 7
Views: 319

http://cadieux.mediumaevum.com/joined-hose.html
http://www.bucks-retinue.org.uk/content/view/71/81/
http://www.medievalproductions.nl/compa ... ttern.html
by Karen Larsdatter
Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:07 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: free patterns medieval clothing
Replies: 7
Views: 319

Re: free patterns medieval clothing

http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/i ... t&catid=10
by Karen Larsdatter
Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:45 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Authenticity: personal vs others
Replies: 30
Views: 794

Let your goal be not merely the acquisition and/or fabrication of stuff, but a better understanding of the world in which that stuff was originally crafted.

There must be more to this than stuff.
by Karen Larsdatter
Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:11 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: making custom dies for medieval coins
Replies: 11
Views: 334

Re: making custom dies for medieval coins

mike mercier wrote:I was wondering who else out there has experimented with engraving dies and striking their own coins for reenactment purposes.

I don't, but the folks at the SCA Moneyer mailing list do.
by Karen Larsdatter
Wed Nov 08, 2006 4:01 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: common herbs to medieval Italy
Replies: 13
Views: 200

I think you're both using the same term for different varieties of gourds, actually.
by Karen Larsdatter
Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:15 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: new pouch
Replies: 15
Views: 296

More images of the Birka reconstructions:
http://www.missouri.edu/~winsloww/archi ... ses/Birka/
http://www.missouri.edu/~winsloww/archi ... d_Taschen/
by Karen Larsdatter
Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:43 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: new pouch
Replies: 15
Views: 296

Re: new pouch

A direction to look in: http://www.larsdatter.com/pouches.htm

Yours doesn't closely resemble any of the medieval examples I've collected, unfortunately.
by Karen Larsdatter
Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:05 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: common herbs to medieval Italy
Replies: 13
Views: 200

There's several cookbooks from Italy in the 14th and 15th centuries, actually -- some of which are available at m The Libro della cocina (late 14th/early 15th century Tuscany) mentions anise, cinnamon, cloves, fennel, ginger, honey, marjoram, nutmeg, onions, parsley, pepper, rosemary, saffron, salt,...
by Karen Larsdatter
Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:25 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Norse fishing techniques
Replies: 15
Views: 259

Re: Norse fishing techniques

http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/i ... &catid=118
by Karen Larsdatter
Tue Oct 31, 2006 4:06 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Viking Age Toilet set
Replies: 6
Views: 194

Re: Viking Age Toilet set

I think the set you're looking for may be at the Museum of London; it's in Dress Accessories. But there's some Viking-era sets at http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/hairsty ... weezersEtc too.

(It's not what you're looking for, but check out the toilet implements from the Hoxne hoard.)
by Karen Larsdatter
Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:17 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Viking Neck rings
Replies: 21
Views: 709

http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/i ... catid=1032
by Karen Larsdatter
Wed Oct 25, 2006 8:55 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: 14th-15th C. Pottery Studios?
Replies: 1
Views: 74

Re: 14th-15th C. Pottery Studios?

Some useful links for you: http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/i ... &catid=217
by Karen Larsdatter
Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:43 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Here's a coif question...
Replies: 29
Views: 435

A lot of the time -- at least in terms of the coifs I've collected at m -- the ties disappear under the chin. One would presume that this means that they're tied, but it's not always easy to tell (for example, BNF Fr 10, fol. 387 or BNF Fr. 226, fol. 250 ). I can't think of any examples where a knot...
by Karen Larsdatter
Mon Oct 23, 2006 3:10 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: What would be the proper head covering...
Replies: 11
Views: 229

bigjon wrote:What is the estimate of the Sunnfjord hood?

It's not clear from the website -- contact Marc Carlson (his email address is here) for more information.
by Karen Larsdatter
Mon Oct 23, 2006 2:44 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: What would be the proper head covering...
Replies: 11
Views: 229

Re: What would be the proper head covering...

http://www.historiska.se/histvarld/drak ... mmossa.pdf
http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/manshat.html

Hoods are also an option, but I'm having a hard time finding an online picture of a Scandinavian hood from around the 11th century. I think there's one from Hedeby; there's also the Sunnfjord hood.
by Karen Larsdatter
Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:39 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Baldness
Replies: 57
Views: 850

Ken Mondschein wrote:We're doing early 15th. I like the hoods and also the chaperone hat on your site.

Hey Tristan -- er, I mean, Ken :lol: -- check out the men's hats and hoods at From the Skin Out ... Or, Oh, my God, its 1404 and I have nothing to wear.

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