The Armour Archive

Karen Larsdatter

My guess is that it's not appropriate for a gentry portrayal, Jehan -- I have no solid evidence indicating that women of that stratum (?) of medieval society would have worn this sort of garment. It's possible that they could have worn this style on their wedding-day, but I don't know for sure.

Karen Larsdatter

From what we see of illustrations of this style of surcoat, that top section is going to be fur -- usually a white fur, and occasionally ermine.* (This particular "fur-bibbed" style is what I'd particularly associate with queens, princesses, princess-saints, and a few brides. Occasionally on allegor...

Karen Larsdatter

A set of links to Elizabethan-era shoes: http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/i ... &catid=955

Karen Larsdatter

I want to say that my friend Alianora has some pictures of the original sort of little metal studs that these probably were -- I can ask her about 'em if you're interested. But yah -- this is a redraw from a sculpture, and it'd probably be better to take a look at photos of it. Neither of the below ...

Karen Larsdatter

PS- actually, you will note that the title of the thread also includes 'performance art.' Make of that what you will. Google Image Search for "medieval performance art": [img]http://www.artnews.info/images/news/200503/326-1.jpg[/img] Women in bikinis leashed to a giant anthropomorphic piece of poop...

Karen Larsdatter

Wanna see the whole letter? To John Paston, esquiere, in Norffolk. I prey yow iff W. Mylsent go froo yow ÃƒÂ¾at he myght come to me to Caleys. I woll haue hym. Wyrsshypffull and ryght hertyly belowyd brother, I recomande me on-to yow, letyng yow wete ÃƒÂ¾at on Wednysdaye last past I wrote yow a lett...

Karen Larsdatter

Ah, okay. (Edited to add: I wonder what this article is about, then? Marshall, John. "'Goon in-to Bernysdale': The Trail of the Paston Robin Hood Play." Leeds Studies in English 29 (1998): 185-217. See also Richard Call, the Pastons, and the Manuscript Context of Robin Hood and the Potter . Assuming...

Karen Larsdatter

I'm putting this in a separate reply (as Olsk notes, Robin et Marion of Adam de la Halle's Jeu de Robin et Marion aren't directly connected to Robin Hood and Maid Marion) but since Jehan seemed interested in a play touching on the Robin Hood theme -- there are, starting in the 15th and 16th centurie...

Karen Larsdatter

Some links on Le Jeu de Robin et Marion:
http://virga.org/robin/
http://www.medievalenfrance.com/site/te ... alle/3.htm
http://www.byu.edu/~hurlbut/dscriptorium/aix166/

Karen Larsdatter

You're welcome! I thought farce was more appropriate for France in the 15th century and later; I was pretty sure you'd be more interested in English theatre, but wasn't sure. But the nice thing about Dame Sirith is that it's not only a small cast and a short play -- but it's not like you have to go ...

Karen Larsdatter

There's interludes, like Interludium de clerico et puella and Dame Sirith . You might also want to read about the fabliaux , which could be interesting sources for secular comedic theatre in for 13th/14th century styles ( Dame Sirith suggests a manner of performing such a fabliaux-drama). There's al...

Karen Larsdatter

Clothing of Norman Women in the Late 11th and Early 12th Centuries Norman manuscripts in the Rouen Municipal Library Also finding a few interesting manuscripts on the British Library website -- the most relevant to your search is probably Arundel 60 , a psalter from c. 1073, though I don't know for...

Karen Larsdatter

You might find some of the links at http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/i ... t&catid=40 to be helpful, especially Cennini's Libro dell'Arte.

Karen Larsdatter

Something else to look at -- Karen Larsdatter, in a previous email conversation with me, brought up a term she came across in her studies of Chaucer's works, namely the "vrysoun". I'll summon her with my genie lamp and see if she can fill in some details here. whooo ... whooo ... WHOOO HAS SUMMONED...

Karen Larsdatter

They're not exactly detailed pictures, but mebbe one of these will help you ... m Detail from the Arrival of the Pilgrims in Cologne, in Carpaccio's Scenes from the Life of St. Ursula, 1490 m House by a Pond by Albrecht Durer, c. 1496 m Book of hours, c. 1500-1525 (The Hague, MMW, 10 F 14, Fol. 9r) ...

Karen Larsdatter

See http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/i ... &catid=353 for a list of links to living history groups' sites -- many of them have the sorts of pictures you're looking for in their galleries.

Karen Larsdatter

There's an interesting list of the badges of the English monarchs in Parker's Glossary -- and it certainly covers the 14th century monarchs. But it does mention that badges have been "occasionally borne by subjects" from about the time of Richard II (who reigned 1377-1400), and certainly one could a...

Karen Larsdatter

It doesn't say where the photo came from, so I don't know if it is modern or historical. But a picture at least! It's a picture, but it's kind of allegorical; I think it's from one of the "Siege of the Castle of Love" illustrations. (It has more to do with the concepts of courtly love than with an ...

Karen Larsdatter

Hee!

Or -- wait! I know! -- find someone who can do those latex make-up effects, and set it up so that it protects the skin around your eyes, but make it look like you've got an advanced case of leprosy!

Karen Larsdatter

Pilgrims also tend to wear broad-brimmed hats -- see m -- though they aren't necessarily straw hats. (Perhaps you could add a pilgrimage-badge from a patron saint related to cures for skin diseases, like Roch ... or eye conditions, like Lucy ?) My husband's been reasonably comfortable in a white lin...

Karen Larsdatter

In theory, Giovanni Arnolfini is wearing a straw hat too.

Karen Larsdatter

Some links on Viking wire-knitting: http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/i ... &catid=694

You may also want to join the Historical Chain Makers Mailing List for more information about this sort of chain-making.

Karen Larsdatter

Anyone have any great ideas? There's a few Norse place-name elements meaning "a farmstead" that appear in English place-names: - tÃƒÂ³ft (usually "toft," sometimes "taft," in English placenames): farmstead - byr (usually "-by"): farm or village - ÃƒÂ¾orp (usually "thorp"): secondary or outlying set...

Karen Larsdatter

Have you tried the contact information at http://www.schloss-gottorf.de/haithabu/frameset.htm

Karen Larsdatter

Try getting in touch with Cezar. He'd done some straw hats and posted pictures & descriptions:
http://www.livinghistory.co.uk/forums/v ... php?t=1620
http://livinghistory.co.uk/forums/viewt ... =4088#4088
http://livinghistory.co.uk/forums/viewt ... =4302#4302

Karen Larsdatter

Jehan de Pelham wrote:Now I have to look around for a late 14th century/early 15th century example.

Anne rocks Mary's cradle in a book of hours (The Hague, KB, 76 F 21, fol. 13r), c. 1400-1410

Karen Larsdatter

Just a detail...is it an universal heraldry rule that a motto has to be in Latin? Nope. It doesn't even have to be in a foreign language. There's a section on heraldry & mottoes in Parker's Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry at m that explains some of the different types of mottoes (in terms of wha...

Karen Larsdatter

jamesofthemarsh wrote:i would like to see a picture of hole outfit if possible.

Found some pictures from the event ...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaylin/116 ... 072072514/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaylin/116 ... 072072514/

Karen Larsdatter

Dangit, I'd had a copy somewhere, and I don't know where it is any more. If you have access to Interlibrary Loan, they should be able to get you a copy. (It's definitely worth getting; I remember that much, at least, even though I can't remember where the heck I'd put my copy of it.)

Karen Larsdatter

Hmm, I've also read a description of brown braies ...

Karen Larsdatter

Embroidery for Clothing: Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon Embroidery
Anglo-Saxon and Viking Works of the Needle: Some Artistic Currents in Cross-Cultural Exchange
also websites on the Llangors textile (since it was mentioned in an earlier posting) and the Maaseik embroideries

Karen Larsdatter

My "portrayal" at an SCA event depends on what I suspect I'll be doing at the event. If I don't foresee much manual labor for myself that day, I'll dress up; but if there's a good chance that I'll have some hard work to do, I'll make an effort to wear something appropriate for the work that I suspec...

Karen Larsdatter

http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/i ... &catid=205

Karen Larsdatter

I make 'em -- and last year I taught my husband how to make his own tunics, based on Herjolfsnes 33: m m They're easy to make, and they really look good on him. Even easier than the easy-authentic-tunic instructions at m or at m -- but just as historically accurate. (He tends to buy his breeches & h...

Karen Larsdatter

Keep in mind that a bird can conflict with another bird, even if they're different types of birds. (I shoulda mentioned that.) You can look up birds by color & position at m or birds' heads at m Isn't the fess a color-on-color situation? Maybe it'd be better to reverse it, and make the fess yellow, ...

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Re: Naming a Viking Age farmstead

Re: Wikinger Museum Haithabu

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Re: Braies , what color ?

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