The Armour Archive

Karen Larsdatter

I don't have the exact URL at the moment, but go to http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks and look for Things To Do With A G63.

There is at least a slight bagginess on the forearm of the Herjolfsnes 63 sleeve, IIRC.

Karen Larsdatter

http://www.kostym.cz/Anglicky/VII_10_01.htm

Karen Larsdatter

You can also zoom in on whichever bits you want by going to the Morgan Library's website - https://www.morganlibrary.org/exhibitio ... nlineKings

Karen Larsdatter

And one last example, but I'm putting this one in a bigger font, because even though it's the last one I found, it's probably the most useful: [url=http://books.google.com/books?id=y2AJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA152] "Ancient Leather Drinking Vessels" by Oliver Baker ( Transactions, Excursions, an...

Karen Larsdatter

<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=mrkXFGTBkukC&dq=black%20jack%20leather%20jug&pg=PA181&ci=99%2C199%2C796%2C901&source=bookclip"><img src="http://books.google.com/books?id=mrkXFGTBkukC&pg=PA181&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U3aH9h8MoLd2wJqg9gOb5Tuuag5hQ&...

Karen Larsdatter

And more descriptions (back on the topic) ... <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=VKlBAAAAYAAJ&dq=black%20jack%20leather%20jug&pg=PA141&ci=112%2C914%2C775%2C496&source=bookclip"><img src="http://books.google.com/books?id=VKlBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA141&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&...

Karen Larsdatter

I know this is a different sort of vessel entirely (and we've certainly had other threads about costrels) but I thought this was kind of interesting: <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=ig8rAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22the%20leather%20bottel%22%20journal%20british%20archaeological&pg=PA88&ci=104...

Karen Larsdatter

<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=mvQGAAAAQAAJ&dq=Black%20Jacks%20and%20Leather%20Bottells&pg=PA39&ci=185%2C179%2C520%2C824&source=bookclip"><img src="http://books.google.com/books?id=mvQGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA39&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U0tBDc1hzU6Q7b2CD35HjOJ...

Karen Larsdatter

I think these are two totally different tents, built by two totally different cultures.

Karen Larsdatter

AHEM! I'm going to pirate this thread momentarily for "ARGHHH! NOW I NEED TO GO BACK AND FLIP THROUGH EVEN MORE PICTURES!!!"... /breath/. Well, you don't have to. You didn't even know they were there before now ... And now that that is done would you consider a page of unsorted and unclas...

Karen Larsdatter

Karen - After a year of reading AA, I completely agree with your recommendation on front end research in project planning. If I had a DeLorean and 1.21 gW, I might go back to May '09 and start on a curule chair. But then, I've learned a lot of good things from my current project. Well, then, that's...

Karen Larsdatter

I am looking at the late part of HenryVII and early Henry VIII riegns and have not seen any references to underwear as of yet. Check out m -- down at the very bottom, you'll find illustrations from the Hours of Anne of Brittany featuring some underwear: m m m m Edited to add one more from the Hours...

Karen Larsdatter

James B. wrote:I got two images of a pitcher in the Museum of London:

I think that's the same one as http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/Englis ... &id=440161 (in case you need more info about it)

Karen Larsdatter

Scroll down to the "JACKWARE" section at http://www.larsdatter.com/pitchers.htm -- these are mostly jugs, though. I don't think I've gotten around to doing one on drinking vessels, but there are probably some on related pages.

Karen Larsdatter

A few examples at http://larsdatter.com/bag-hats.htm -- kinda started on it but never finished it.

Karen Larsdatter

You should also be able to get to more of the illustrations at http://prodigi.bl.uk/illcat/record.asp? ... art=200307 -- if that link isn't actually working, go to http://prodigi.bl.uk/illcat/welcome.htm and type royal 20 c. vii in the Quick Search box.

Karen Larsdatter

I think it's from Chroniques de France ou de St. Denis, British Library Royal 20 C. VII.

(Specifically, I think this is British Library Royal 20 C. VII, fol. 137.)

For more images from this manuscript, go to http://www.imagesonline.bl.uk and in the search box, type royal 20 c. vii

Karen Larsdatter

I'm going to be a teensy-tincey voice of reason and suggest that if you're having financial issues, don't buy a pavilion . Seriously. You don't need one. And you're just looking at buying one that you don't really want in the long term, just so you have one in the short term ... so you're kind of th...

Karen Larsdatter

Would a Bocksten tunic work for what I am going for? If you're going for something in a solid color (along the lines of the server in the yellow tunic in the Luttrell Psalter illo or the boy in the red in the Queen Mary Psalter illo ) then a Bocksten tunic would definitely work well. I think it cou...

Karen Larsdatter

Actually, I think it could look really pretty, especially with a nice lilac or medium orchid sort of purple.

Karen Larsdatter

I guess this is a sort of a but since we were talking about the colors of livery clothing, I found some books with some more notes on this: ⋅ The prior's household and counsellors in Durham Priory 1400-1450 ⋅ Liveries: status, function, and expenditure in The Princely Court: Me...

Karen Larsdatter

http://larsdatter.com/sailors.htm

Karen Larsdatter

Does anyone make 13th century shoes, or am I gonna have to do it meslef? Bunch of places to look, including Dru Shoemaker , Medieval Design , and Meister Knieriem . (There's also some nice ones at Plantagenet , but quite pricy.) I suspect that a fairly basic turnshoe will be quite suitable for the ...

Karen Larsdatter

Well, if it's inspired by Italian and Flemish artwork, I'd reckon the best housewarming gift would be oakleaf maiolica, right? There's examples of this style at m -- including a few Flemish paintings that feature these sorts of Italian ceramics in domestic interiors. As to who's making oakleaf maiol...

Karen Larsdatter

I've got the Wolfgang Grape one -- The Bayeux Tapestry: Monument to a Norman Triumph -- it's got great analysis of what's going on in each scene, and good photography of the whole thing, too.

Karen Larsdatter

Some details from the camp of Charles V at Lauingen in the year 1546 by Matthias Gerung, 1551: m m m There is also this shelter over an outdoor spit in Scappi's L'arte et prudenza d'un maestro Cuoco . If the function of the tent is for a sort of market booth, see m for several examples. (I think the...

Karen Larsdatter

We may have hit on the right time period here. In re: folio 5v, the month of May: "Turning to contemplate her is a rider dressed half in red, half in black and white, the royal livery of France at that time; he is probably a prince of the blood." (found at m) Also, check out the trumpeter...

Karen Larsdatter

You do kind of have to look for it on the Tres Riches Heures illo -- they seem to be lower household servants of some form. Look at the far left (holding the ewer) and the far right (next to the dog).

Karen Larsdatter

We also see servers in what appears to be particolored livery in The Feast of Herod (Giotto, 1320), January in the Tres Riches Heures (c. 1412-1416), Chroniques dâ€™Alexandre (mid-15th century).

Karen Larsdatter

Are those musicians wearing livery, or is that just fashionable for musicians in the HRE? I think, in some cases, illustrators show musicians and performers in some slightly unusual clothing -- in this case, striped -- whether that's a cultural thing, a local thing, something common in that time pe...

Karen Larsdatter

Klaus the Red wrote:I'd love to see evidence that shows it to have been customary for noble households at large.

Hard to say; I think livery varied based on when it was given out, for what occasion, etc. IIRC, the rest of the chapter goes into more examples.

Karen Larsdatter

I will say, apparently Spanish musicians dressed very well. You could also look at the Libro de Juegos for more like this. (This and the Cantigas are sort of graphic representations of a period of Spain that we call the Convivencia , so you'll see Muslims and Jews and Christians in various illustra...

Karen Larsdatter

Klaus the Red wrote:If she talks about particolored livery in the 14th century, I will politely use that to back up my argument the next time my laurel tries to tell me otherwise.

Hey, here you go: here's page 67.

(There's more than just this bit in there, but it's a good start.)

Karen Larsdatter

Ditto on the recommendation for The Medieval Tailor's Assistant . If you absolutely need paper patterns, I think your best bet is this one from La Fleur De Lyse . There's some additional helpful links at m You might also like to look at the photos of 13th century re-enactment groups at m If you're l...

Karen Larsdatter

Take 25 pounds of pork, which is not that from the neck nor from the leg, but is the meat from the meat from the ribs or the shoulder, otherwise take twenty pounds of meat and five pounds of fat, which is the same thing. Take more or less dependent on how much you want to serve. Chop everything wel...

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