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Don't be such a hot-head...

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D. Sebastian wrote:Must... have... PICS!!!

Saw photos of Russ' lamellar awhile ago...is this the same stuff?

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Curiously enough, the Winchester Bible - (from Prestwich, Armies and Warfare in the Middle Ages) has this picture of Goliath. A reasonably knightly figure, I should think. Now this is an interesting comparsion. Certainly, the image here is martial, and could be reasonably knightly upon first glance...

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For those of you who want a copy, please PM your snail-mail address.

Thanks,

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But out of curiosity, what time period do you refer to when discussing tablet woven belts? Most buckles I have read about (that specify anyways) were fastened to leather. Granted, I'm pretty narrow in my research... Garth Hi there Garth! For the late 14th and early 15th centuries, my time period, I...

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Of course he would. But not for the painter doing the miniatures or the audience seeing the work. The middle ages seem to a large extent visualised the biblical events as happening in their own time. (To oversimplify a complex matter) I agree that the painter (and what do we know about the artist, ...

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I have found "Memoirs of the Crusades" with de Joinville's Chronicle of the Saint Lewis (Louis) in it. I suspect this is something of a translation, but the work is originally published in 1908 and reprinted by Every Man in 1955. Anyway, it's a long read, so I'll keep my peace.

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[What evidence to have to back the assertion that kettle helms were below the station of Knights, or weren't considered Knightly in the mid 13th Century? There is reference to them being worn by knights in the chronicle of St. Louis's crusade, I think...mostly i've always heard that th Chapelle was...

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Yes I shall. Shall I return the one I have to you? I wear a tablet woven belt--by my own hand. I've given tablet woven belts to fellow knights. Mord. I am honored to carry one of these belts, and it is very fine.... But Brother, I have a better one for you. I regret not being able to be at Pennsic ...

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I wear a tablet woven belt--by my own hand. I've given tablet woven belts to fellow knights. Mord. I am honored to carry one of these belts, and it is very fine.... But Brother, I have a better one for you. I regret not being able to be at Pennsic to give it to you. Will you be at Kingdom's Crusade...

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I found this in my library: Comtamine, Philippe. "L'armement des Populations Urbaines dans La France de la fin du Moyen Age: L'Example des Habitants de Troyes (1474)." "Fasciculi Archaeologias Historicas fascciulus V" (1992), pp. 9-16. ISSN 0860-0007. My knowledge of French is non-existant, but this...

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Well, since I started all this whatever it is...please let me comment. I do not deny that there were images of evil knights in the Middle Ages (the word evil may seem to you too strong, but we were discussing a bible. Besides the word "bad" just plain opens up to the mockery of things like "Bad Knig...

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Ok, David Niccole in "Arms and Armour of the Crusading Era" has no problem using the Maciejowski Bible as a source (see plate 772 of the volume II, and page 310-312 of volume I). The author begins by stating, "The so-called Maciejowski Bible is not only one of the finest European manuscripts of the ...

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FYI im kinda curious about the alum tanning myself... Ive heard from re-enactors often that that was a RARE thing.. Can't speak on this, but what I'm wondering is why more knights (and other SCAdians) aren't wearing tablet-woven belts, with or without LMS (li'l metal shite) attached. Plenty of evid...

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Egil Skallgrimsson. Poet. Warrior. Drunkard. Makes for great camp-fire stories.

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Greetings !!! I have a strange question here... I know that the majority of professional Norse,Danish warriors used maille, if they could afford it... Would it be possible for a trader to use lamellar, like the Varangain's or could lamellar suit be made from leather ?? Or would it be metal only ?? ...

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Thorbjorn,

Could you make a flat, 3/8th inch round shield at 80cm diameter? How much would that cost?

Thanks,

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Andrew Watson in his article "The Arab Agricultural Revolution and Its Diffusion, 700-1100," (The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 34, #1 pp 8-35) writes: "--the Arab conquests were followed by the diffusion of rice, sorghum, hard wheat, sugar cane, COTTON, lemons, limes..." Duczko in "Viking Rus" ...

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Justin Livio Guidi wrote:Man... I wanna' see the inside of Mac's shop... Where all the mystical, magical things happen...

-Justin

I've seen the inside of Mac's shop (alas, a rare privilege these days), and yes amazing things are found there. Such things are the product of hard work and outstanding talent.

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W. Duczko writes in his book "Viking Rus" (ISBN 9004138749) (2004) on page 147-148: "The anonymous Persian author of "Hudud al-Alam" tell about some of the clothes characteristic for the Rus: 'Out of 100 cubits of cotton fabric, more or less, they sew trousers which they put on, tucking them up abov...

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Seeing as I didn't go to Pennsic, some of you might be asking, "what did Mord do during his vacation?" I went to libraries, of course! Some highlights: From Cornell University's Olin Library: Storgaard, B. "Military Aspects of the Aristocracy in Barbaricum in the Roman and Early Migration Periods." ...

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Erich wrote:I tried to get ahold of that book, but it's apparantly been out of print for some timeat least acording to Amazon)

There's a 1st edition about 100 ft. from desk here at the library. PM me your snail-mail address; also, please specify time and place in which you are interested.

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Ah my first Pennsic--Pennsic 12. The Mid-Realm, for reasons that have never explained to me was out numbered. So, just before the field battle on Sunday, we Myrkfaelinnites decided to change side from the East to the Middle simply in order to get some fighting in. When we arrived to the Mid-Realm si...

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Arms and Armour of the Crusades by David Niccole is the place to beginning looking.

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After a long discussion that takes archaeology (contextual), comparative (with other early medieval helm--nicely done, btw), and art historical evidence into account, D. Tweddle concludes that the Coppergate Helmet from York is dated to between 750 and 775 AD. See the citation I posted above. Mord.

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The book on the subject is: Dominic Tweddle "The Anglian Helmet From Coppergate." London: The Council for British Archaeology for the York Archaeological Trust, (1992). ISBN 1872414192. If you can't find this book, there are other source--notably in the periodicals "Antiquity" and "The Antiquaries J...

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Which is correct? They both are.. pine is the family, spruce is the sub-group. (Look up "hickory" sometime and see how many woods are legally sold as hickory..) But I do see Chef's point.. there are absolute glaring innacuracies.. "all knights wore white belts" is a good example, that I have heard ...

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Mord et al, You are correct when you are addressing interpretations of complex subjects, such as biographies of contraversial (or not so contraversial) individuals, or shadowy events. The problem people are addressing here is * not * interpretation of these sorts of subjects, the problem is misinfo...

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We have people in the SCA who try to teach real history....... and we have FLAKES sorry its tru. In real life not all teachers are good, my lady is in collage and oooohhhh boy some of the professors are real crap. Her Medieval history tests had wrong answers on them. Try to tell them their wrong ah...

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I've used "blue" padding in my helm for years. I find the padding at REI camping store. I use contact cement and the padding. I the only padding I glue into the helm is along the eyebrow. You make a "hood" with the blue padding and then surround the hood with open-cell foam. The hood should fit snug...

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Drest, That's an interesting point, but I honestly think it's a stretch to try connecting that with the wearing of a white belt as an indication on knighthood. Yes it could have been, but "could have" is a long way from substantiation. I'm sorry if that's what I seemed to be saying. It's not necess...

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Yup,

btw, Russ, have you checked out "Medieval Archaeology" for 1993? There's an entire article there on arrowheads. I think it's in the 1993 issue. Sorry for such a bad cite.

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I don't think most people get into the SCA just to wear period shoes/belts/etc. I think the draw of the group has a lot more with finding a place that puts an emphasis on common values and friendship rather than being 100% accurate. For a huge part of the organization, deciding to be "more right" i...

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"Hit me. Don't Hit Mord" written in crayon (green, of course) on one of my early center-grip round shields.

Later, one of these days, I wanna put "WARNING: USER HITS BACK!" and some sort of bio-hazard sign on a shield.

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Very nice--better than some of the "professional" stuff I've over the years. Welcome to the world of armoring and armor-weenies (I am an armor-weenies, actually I am a nerd, but that's beside the point). Now, go apologize to your wife! Also, get some ear protection if you already haven't got it. Mord.

Yo! 15th Century Folks...

Cotton Trousers !?!?

Mord in the Library...