The Armour Archive

Mord

Certainly one of the places is the Frojel site at frojel.com. Lots of galleries of stuff. Also, Halvgrim's site has its uses. Commercially available stuff can be kind of dodgy. Every once in a while, I put "viking jewelry" into google and see what comes back. This is not a good method for the novice...

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Shame on you people for torturing SCAdians online during Pennsic. Yes, but I'm a SCAian who isn't going to Pennsic. I am going on vacation, and if I'm lucky I'll visit some libraries for personal work in the next few days. And speaking of research, one of the things no one has mentioned is comparin...

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"Then the knights bring them [the ones to be knighted] white belts with which they gird them, signifying that they should surround their bodies with chastity and purity of the flesh." from "the Knighting Ceremony" Geffroi de Charny, Book of Chivalry Ok, so here's a question: were the white belts on...

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But also under Cockerell's name is, "Old Testament Miniatures: A medieval picture book with 283 paintings from the Cretion to the Story of David." 1969, 1927 (reprint), 208 pages, OCLC Number 30362. This is the copy I have. I will review the information this evening. Only when I've established hist...

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Research? Let me begin with the current subject of thread: The Maciejowski Bible. The questions I asked haven't been answered; it's not enough to simply use a source for the information you need, rather it's much more interesting to understand the source fully. It's also much harder. The people who ...

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I would have thought the iconography was the first thing to examine to establish whether we are looking at 'recordings' or representations the latter not inhibited by photographic accuracy, far more important is the idea of what is portrayed, certainly to the commissioner and executor of any given ...

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What really needs to be done here is an analysis (or a link to an analysis) of the manuscript. What is the condition of work now? What is the condition of the work in the past. Analysis of the pigments used would probably help determine if any of the colors changed or faded. Also, some discussion of...

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First, I would like to thank Sixtus for putting up this link. I have been thinking about looking at this source for some time. Second, it's one thing to "bash," but it's a better thing to help. Ok, you see a problem--what's your solution and can your solution be implemented? If you can't figure out ...

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The book to look in for all this is "The Viking Achievment" by Foote and Wilson. However, most of what you will read has been posted above. You might also find some information in very much older linguistic studies of the vikings. Try looking for names like Hjalmar Falk. The great million dollar que...

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Well, there are the Rus/Eastern highly decorated "hats", Dave. There's also this thing called a "hlath." J Brondsted in his book "The Vikings" dicusses this head-band garment and referes to "Njal's Saga" as a source. Not much more in known.

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They are not "Viking", Glen, but rather Vendel...aren't they? Vendel? I don't know. When I think of beltfittings I tend to think of Merovingian, but those are usually iron inlaid with silver. However, the triangular shape, 3 dome-riveted buckle is something I've seen before. Try looking in "Das Sch...

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IÃ‚Â´m having real trouble seeing this as a part of a cuirass. May i be bold and suggest a book? Of course you can suggest a book. We're here for exchange of information. Mord. Ahhh! Me thinks me were ambigous. I meant that the hinges originally were a part of a manuscript case or shrine... Thats p...

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Btw, I should like to very much see the other side of the clasps. I know the art work is gorgeous on the top, but does the other side give us any clues to how the clasps were attached to whatever? Mord. Each clasp half has ten small u-shaped pins soldered to it forming small eyes. Four in a row at ...

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My mistake, Atli. I thought there was only one clasp, instead of a pair. Certainly, this fact contradicts my idea. I've got Carver's book ("Sutton Hoo: the Burial Ground of Kings?") in front of me. There's a drawing with the clasps on Plate II, just after page 116. On page 125, Carver in a supposed ...

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Actually, I think the "dog collar" idea is not without merit. If you look in "Vendel Period Studies" there is an article about a Merovingian dog collar found. Conversely, if a dog had been buried in mound I, it's decomposure would have left phosphate traces, as I understand it. When Bruce-Mitford lo...

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Ok, here's the article: Alkemake, Monica. "A History of Vendel Period Archaeology. Observations on the relationship between written sources and archaeological interpretations" In "Images of the Past. Studies on Ancient Societies in Northwestern Europe." [BOOK]. N. Roymans/ F. Theuws (eds.), Amsterda...

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Thank you, cb, Umm... there is a lot of information (I'm searching really esoteric memory chips now) about scabbard chapes (schwertortbander, in German)--this is especially true of Eastern Europe. In fact, I suspect the main evidence for the Scandinavian presence in what is now Northern Poland is fo...

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The name of the book is "Sutton Hoo: Burial Ground of Kings?" by Martin Carver. I have heard that Carver is coming out with another book--I think he supposed to in early July, but I've heard nothing. If I remember correctly, the clasps are positioned in the western part of the burial (note I do not ...

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Agreed. No Tongues, just keep things kosher. Send photos.

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Yeah,"Vendel Period Studies" is a good place to start. I also have an article in a book called "Images of the Past" about the Vendel Period. I'll dig it up tonight--keep reminding me. Btw, ya gotta dig to find stuff on Vendel in English. It's out there, but it's sort of all over the place. Also, jus...

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Greetings All, I was wondering what I could do to make a (Paul Chen Practical) Viking Sword/Scabbard look more correctly period. Also any sources for scabbard ideas, fittings, and baldric ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Odeane Such a question. Oy, such a question. First, who is Paul Che...

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I'd check Chadwick's book on this subject, to start. As for Sutton Hoo and the clasps found in Mound 1, please understand that that soil around the cemetery is a porous orange sand with flint in it. The soil is extremely acidic, so an organic material, like leather, does last very long until it deco...

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Michael Muller-Wille has done a vast assortment of stuff concerning Northern Germany in the Early Middle Ages. Could you please specify what he has done here in connection with this helm? I'll continue to look--could it be: "Konigtum und Adel im Spiegel der Grabfunde" IN "Die Franken" (book?), 1: pp...

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Halv,

Here ya go...

Werner, Joachim. "Frankish Royal Tombs in the Cathedrals of Collgne and Saint-Denis." Antiquity (periodical), (1964) pp. 201-216.

Sorry I got the date wrong.

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Halvgrim wrote:Mord

Are you refering to

[img]http://www.missouri.edu/~winsloww/archives/helms/spangens/cologne/Cologne.jpg[/img]

Halv

Yup. That's the boy's helm.

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I was not talking about the Gronenin (sorry about the spelling). Without knowing anything about the Gronenin Helm, I'd say it looks late Romanish--a knock-off? A gift.

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The helmet in question is Merovingian Frankish (late, I think). It's a boy's helm, made of bone or horn, and found in a grave in Colonge Cathedral. J. Werner wrote an article in "Antiquity" for like, 1983 (not entirely sure). I've got the article about some place.

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James, Atli, Yes, research is a wonderful thing. Right now up to my eyeballs in things "Rus." While there are various sources of information, often the interpretation of that information is open to "discussion" (try reading about 2 centuries of the "Normantst Controversy"). I'm so much being Mr. SCA...

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lowrider No offense towards you but many so called 14th century personas have nothing really 14th century about them except a poor looking helmet is a bascinet like shape. I find it funny to down talk certain personas when the majority of the SCA does just about everything incorrectly. Anyone weari...

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I am somewhat interested in the articles...especially the first (about early XIV armor) Could you please provide a full citation?

Thanks,

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Finally!

Congratulations, Adam.

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Yeah, but why should they reinvent the wheel? If I know the answer to their questions, I'd rather tell them than say, "Go to the interlibrary loan department of your local library and ask them to get you a copy of XYZ by Smith and Collins." I'm all for teaching people how to do good research. I hav...

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Actually, the best way to help folks is to teach them how to conduct research for themselves. This is not to say that everyone can be taught, or that everyone wants to learn. In my previous post, I set-up an awkward "form" or "model" for citing a book, a periodical article, and a chapter/paper from ...

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Hi there! As someone who spends his day reading citations, I'd like to comment. The point of citing your sources is so other people can easily access them for their own use. There are various citation styles in use--Modern Language Association, American Psychological Association, University of Chica...

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Since I have been invited by Dirk to voice my opinions, well, here they are. Simply put, I do not believe it is ethical to force (whether that force is rule-based, socially base, or something else) someone to conform to what someone else thinks is right. There are a few reasons for this thinking. In...

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