The Armour Archive

Karen Larsdatter

Pottery Barn now carries silver-plated julep cups.

I've set up a linkspage at http://www.larsdatter.com/beakers.htm which features these sorts of cups in museum collections & period illustrations.

Karen Larsdatter

They are fairly expensive, though ... the Henrician Bonnet would run about $58, compared to $15 for the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002E5BEUE?ie=UTF8&tag=suggestion-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002E5BEUE">Lynn McMasters "Henry Hat&qu...

Karen Larsdatter

Question: On the earlier (pre-1498) illustrations, the lawyers are in some combo of red and blue. Is that a result of available inks, or an accurate representation of the color combos? I think it's just a lack of a truly representative sample of illustrations, at this point. The Ellesmere Man of La...

Karen Larsdatter

m <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008L3S0?ie=UTF8&tag=suggestion-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00008L3S0">The Advocate</a> is available on DVD. Also (in terms of medieval French legal drama) look for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/produc...

Karen Larsdatter

Well, that's as good a place to start as any. Check out the illustration of the Man of Law in the Ellesmere manuscript of the Canterbury Tales . One of the things I like about this manuscript is that it's fairly close to Chaucer's lifetime -- the illustrations are c. 1410 -- but the illustrator is p...

Karen Larsdatter

Late 15th to mid-16th German and landsknecht, it's looking like. Hm, doublet? Maybe a waffenrock, as they seemed ... "easier" maybe? Please note the quotes around easier. Guess that would have helped in the inital post. Yep. Reconstructing History is a good way to go for an intermediate s...

Karen Larsdatter

Kai wrote:Any other types/brands preferred?

What garment(s) are you intending to sew, or what period(s) are you trying to find clothing for?

Karen Larsdatter

And I've read to use a hoop, but not an embroidery hoop... Try <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26redirect%3Dtrue%26ref%255F%3Dsr%255Fnr%255Fi%255F0%26keywords%3DQ%2520Snaps%26qid%3D1256611391%26rh%3Di%253Agarden%252Ck%...

Karen Larsdatter

Baron Alcyoneus wrote:You look 15. Is that your mom? What's her phone number?

No, man; she's his "efficient and period way to carry water around" ...

Karen Larsdatter

You might also want to look at these websites on the BNF's manuscripts of the Book of the Hunt:
http://expositions.bnf.fr/phebus
http://classes.bnf.fr/phebus

The Morgan Library also has a manuscript of the Book of the Hunt dated c. 1407; you can see some images from an online exhibition at https://www.morganlibrary.org/exhibitio ... id=MedHunt

Karen Larsdatter

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199217157?ie=UTF8&tag=suggestion-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0199217157">Waterways and Canal-Building in Medieval England</a> looks like it might be useful for this research topic.

Karen Larsdatter

chef de chambre wrote:Do you know what the case is for? To me, it looks like it is a travel case for a beaker ...

Yep, according to my notes at http://larsdatter.com/cases.htm it's a case for a beaker.

Karen Larsdatter

I was thinking more along the line of industrial chain, like would hold a prisoner, move a machine, hold a heavy weight, etc. What I'm wanting to do is adapt/modify the design to something slightly more decorative, like a working chain that has been stylized rather than a decorative chain. I rememb...

Karen Larsdatter

There's also The Form of Matrimony in the European Middle Ages , which has a ceremony based (at least in part) on The Fourme of Solempnization of Matrimonye in the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813925177?ie=UTF8&tag=suggestion-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&am...

Karen Larsdatter

So ... what kind of function are we talking about for this chain, really? Is it a chain worn around a lady's neck (like a lot of the women in these portraits)? Or the sort of chain that might be used to restrain a prisoner? Or ... ?

Karen Larsdatter

Yes, you should have...For she is the allknowing goddess of the internet finds.... Really, she doesn't mean being invoked indirectly on a public post, rather than a private message. The French call the gourdes , go figure. Something tells me that I've seen one that was made to look like a gourd, bu...

Karen Larsdatter

Baron Conal wrote:heh... I should have just PM'd Karen....

Hee

Karen Larsdatter

The dictionary says: "a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist." This seems to be comparable with the Middle English definition & references . At m I've sorted the cylindrical vessels as "costrels" bu...

Karen Larsdatter

http://insanehobby.150m.com/clare/weddingindex.html

Karen Larsdatter

Because, Tristan, we've known about www.medievalsoldier.org for months now.

Karen Larsdatter

One of the better historical re-settings of a Shakespeare play that I've seen was Richard III set in the late 30s/early 40s, with Richard in a Hitlerian thugh clearly British uniform, using a railcar as his headquarters. Considering what I'd read about the political inclinations of Edward VIII (lat...

Karen Larsdatter

IMHO, though, the most propaganda-laden Shakespeare play is also (I suspect) the least-performed -- The Life of Henry VIII.

As much as it's fun to pretend that oh-so-ass-kissy last scene was performed for Queen Elizabeth, the earliest recorded performances are well after her death.

Karen Larsdatter

Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme wrote:Name submissions are checked for conflict against the SCA Armorial, plus important names from history, literature and myth. The usual test of importance is whether the name merits an entry in a large general reference: e.g. the Encyclopedia Britannica.

http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/commenting.html

Karen Larsdatter

Sorry, best I've got at http://larsdatter.com/pouches.htm is http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/SK-A-2815 -- though you could contact the museum to see if they can provide a more detailed close-up.

Karen Larsdatter

I haven't seen it myself, but read a few reviews online -- <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0224079948?ie=UTF8&tag=suggestion-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0224079948">The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the...

Karen Larsdatter

Amazon has <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0231136714?ie=UTF8&tag=suggestion-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0231136714">The Murder of Charles the Good</a> (an English translation of his chronicles) -- not terribly expensive. The most complete web...

Karen Larsdatter

I think "et tu etui" would be more humorous from a modern standpoint, rather than a medieval phrase.

Karen Larsdatter

Y'know, not that Wikipedia is the be-all and end-all of knowledge but it does have a pretty interesting take on this: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_(playing_card)">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_(playing_card)</a> You might also want to see some of the resources on playing-card histo...

Karen Larsdatter

Charlotte J wrote:I know a lot of people swear by fabric-covered reed, but I was trying to think of ways to do it that might even be lighter.

Three words.

[url=http://www.gogo-gadgets.co.uk/inflatable-road-cone-hat-1206-p.asp]INFLATABLE

CONE

HAT[/url]

Karen Larsdatter

Check out the inscriptions on the repro pewter needlecases at Billy & Charlie and Millingham's Pewter Replicas.

There's also inscriptions on a few of the other styles of leather cases as well.

Karen Larsdatter

I am at the brand-new beginning of a clothing project for the Tournament of the Lily in November -- a 1475ish noble lady's outfit, head to toe. Currently working with "my" side of the household to make livery for the cook's minions for that event, too! (I don't think I'm going to make mys...

Karen Larsdatter

Magmaforge wrote:Sweet chef! I wonder if I could find something similar to the reds for my (campaign) cat

(from the Procession of the Old King in the Procession of the Magi frescoes by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1459-1460)

Karen Larsdatter

Were patronyms (ie, Jim for James, Dick for Richard, Bill for William) known during the early medieval period, and were they used by members of the upper echelons of society? I know Henry V is occasionally referred to as Prince Hal, but that is much later than the period I am concerned with. Ah -- ...

Karen Larsdatter

Go with a Lombardic font -- for something like this, I'd go all lower-case.

Karen Larsdatter

Descriptive bynames continue to appear in England (both English-based bynames and French-based bynames). Fitz's, too, continue to appear through later medieval & Renaissance England. They no longer necessarily mean that this person is the son of that other person, though; like "-son" o...

Re: Help me find this beaker

Re: Clothing options for the discerning medieval lawyer

Re: Clothing options for the discerning medieval lawyer

Re: Reconstructing History (or similar) patterns?

Re: Reconstructing History (or similar) patterns?

Re: Tips on hand quilting?

Re: Clothing from The Hunting Book of Gaston Phebus

Re: River Trade and Barges in the High Middle ages

Re: Period Marriage Ceremonies

Re: Seeking medieval-style chain images

Re: Costrel?

Re: Costrel?

Re: Costrel?

Re: Period Marriage Ceremonies

Re: 250,000 persona names invalidated in one fell swoop

Re: Looking for hi-res picture of purse!

Re: I need BOOKS!

Re: Flemish diarists

Re: (cards) King, Queen... Jack?

Re: Need a short Latin word to go on a needle case