The Armour Archive

earnest carruthers

here you go Egfroth m "The arming of the Christian knight by the virtues, found among the catechetical pieces appended to the Concordantiae Caritatis by Ulrich of Lilienfeld. Budapest, Kegyesrendi KÃƒÂ¶zponti KÃƒÂ¶nyvtÃƒÂ¡r MS CX 2, fol 253r" Can't seem to find more without a deeper search but the M...

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In the Fifteenth Century COurtesy Book - Early English Text Society ISBN 0859917533 ed. RW Chambers and Walter W Seton Or more precisley A Generall Rule To teche eury man to serve a lorde or mayster Basically hands are washed every remove using basyns held by the squires or as needed with hand cloth...

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Maeryk "No different though, than Eagle Scout, Grand Poobah, 33rd Level Grand Wizoo Mason, etc, is it?" Yes it is because when presented to say her Majesty Queen Elizabeth protocol seems to demand a recognition of an assumed title, merely so they can get it right, however they may not recognise your...

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Interesting as the Memling ones have an extra articulation mid upper arm, see red lines on atatched pic, also extra plates between them, see green lines.

I don't think Ivo's or Matul's are that close a match, although I think Ivo's are lovely looking.

earnest carruthers

"Maybe they are called "light" because brigandines are not typically worn with the arm and leg harness which so often accompanies the cuirass?" They are portrayed with other armour too, poleyns, mail etc. viz the mid 15thC Froissart for some fanciful versions but some decent Italian pics show harnes...

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Maeryk "Were I one, I would introduce myself to the Queen herself (and I mean Elizabeth) that way." As in Maeryk, Knight, SCA? Not sure how that would go down as it is basically a meaningless title (in the UK and everywhere but the hobby), not that that would stop you from stating it, but one would ...

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lol - hardly light in any sense of the word except if with a light coloured facing.

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Brigandines - the ones that can be seen as such are obviously brigandines, ie following the known designs showing nails and pattern of plates, likewise the surviving ones seem to be visibly Brigandines, velvet facings on at least one item. I am not sure if I remember rightly but I was told that in o...

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Alcyoneus "Make the replacement pieces match, but do not try to 'age' the patina, and clearly mark them as new." Indeed, I once many moons ago visited Ian Ashdown at his workshop in Switzerland and he had just completed a reconstruction of a right arm and pauldon for an original Milanese harness, th...

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sulphur will most likely react with the wood rather than retain its yellowness as it is quite reactive, not to mention possibly increasing its flammability, oil and sulphur would make for a good flame source. IIRC there is a bone blackening recipe involving sulphur. bright yellows were usually: arse...

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Maeryk "Oh my GOD I would love to see someone do good, legal, hidden armor and then paint up a "covering" for it that realistically looks "naked" at 10 feet. That would be HILARIOUS! Paint a close-faced helm to look like a head and face.. make a tabard or whatever that is painted to look like a bare...

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Tim "It's play-acting. Pure and simple." Yep, it is ok for actors to play living personae for hard cash and get it wrong so it is fine in principle to pretend for a day. Josh "However, seeing what popular culture has done to the Templars, I never did carry through with my desire to play a Hospitalle...

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google

medieval paintings and techniques.

medieval painting treatises

Cennini

Theophilus

One of the easiest subjects to get solid info on.

earnest carruthers

Endre, I know they were not standardised, the problem is generally we see different nouns as automatically meaning different things because of our more standardised formal language. Caxton in the intro to the Enid makes a big deal about pointing out how confusion can arise between people as a way of...

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Also not all stuff is made by the groups using it, do you mean just owned and used?

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/datab ... 7476.shtml

http://www.red4.co.uk/Recipes/laverbread.htm

http://www.laverbread.org/history.html
"It is made into Nori in Japan and Laverbread in Wales."

from the last link

there you go, job done.

earnest carruthers

"Basically the only benefit to ID what type it is is first if it has plates with jack anywhere beside it or if it tells how it was used" Agreed as that is the defining factor. Otherwise jacks and jacks of plates become too associated when it (to me) would be brigandines is to jack of plates, the jac...

earnest carruthers

Ah then is it is bound to be another good make, AoE have very high standards indeed.

The one I attached I have handled enviously and is the real deal, took him many many hours of work indeed.

earnest carruthers

Ah the old name game. In england Jack and Aketon were synonymous certainly early 15thC. But jacks were distinct from COPs, brigandines and 16thC jacks of plates which were more like brigandines as they had much less padding -none in some cases and enough fabric to hold the plates on, either as Saver...

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Ah the old name game. In england Jack and Aketon were synonymous certainly early 15thC. But jacks were distinct from COPs, brigandines and 16thC jacks of plates which were more like brigandines as they had much less padding -none in some cases and enough fabric to hold the plates on, either as Saver...

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Sorry mate should have been a bit more explicit, in a rush with children. Some are used for carrying barrels, two man, others for bricks etc. Happliy enough this link: m shows not only a stretcher for bricks - both pics, but even better a sack/wheel barrow, left hand pic. You see them crop up quite ...

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May I humbly suggest a barrel stretcher, seen sometimes as a handy carrying thing.

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"I'm a 16th C German.. how many of us showed up in tournaments?"

Marx Walter?

earnest carruthers

Carefully not wanting to sidetrack this thread. I have to say the Lothene site is let us say this tactfully, flexible with the content interpretation. Not sure why as some of the entries are well recorded. eg Margaret Paston, she did indeed organise the defence of Caistor, by hiring four men to get ...

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Corwin, Hanawalt - The Ties That Bound covers the subject of servants at some length, her book is primarily about peasants - the wide spectrum of peasants but draws upon the other social strata by comparison. According to her the swapping of young family members (at all levels of society) was a very...

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The stereotype comment was a general one, not specifically aimed at you, although your position as master over servants was stereotypical. There is a stereotyping and there is another story that seldom gets told, which was my whole point. We alway hear about the lowly servant as if it was some sort ...

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John Talbot for a United Europe?

joke...whenever I see gold stars on a blue field I think of the EU flag, sorry. Otherwise a pretty design.

earnest carruthers

Richard - I see that because the SCA seems to cover such a wide range of eras and cultures ranging from feudal to yeomen and the rising mercantile classes and pre-industrial revolution that it is easier to keep it at one level (ish). Ie chivalry and notions of it change in that era immensely. But th...

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Ditto re cochineal. Black dyes are usually composites, the more composite the more expensive as it is all to do with over dyeing. Each having a cast about them, some greenish, some brownish etc. This principle of enriching blacks actually happens in modern day offset litho printing where a pure blac...

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Paul Thompson eh? he is an old friend of mine and believe me wont praise unless it is deserved, equally if he thinks something stinks he will say so. IMHO that is a good testimonial Gwen, especially as his mother was a seamstress and used to make his kit, so you are honoured. I now have to catch up ...

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Erm there are a lot accepted myths about how the nobility was supposed to treat their inferiors in this thread. A good noble treats his staff well and with dignity, his or her staff are an extension and proof of their status. You do not and cannot have a noble strata without the people to support it...

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Jim, a pleasure, but be advised (says he days after posting initial recipe) that boiling linseed oil creates a highly flammable vapour, best do it over glowing coals rather than flame. I made some of this varnish last year over a small fire pit (embers) and slowly cooked some up, just keep anyone no...

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Ruaidhri - I said it was romantic, a nice story, Chef made the major historical points.

But as another respondent said the biogs are what you want them to be, but if set in a historical setting need to correspond to known things.

I do find interesting reading people's personae though.

earnest carruthers

"unless the definition of kirtle changed significantly in the 15thc, it does not mean a linen underthingie." A kirtle had many meanings, many obviously skirt related, some as alternatives for gown. Men's and women's clothing have kirtles or are kirtled. Seems as much a distinction between similar it...

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Maeryk "2) Wooden cutting boards and disinfection: Studies that set out to prove that the new plastic and anti-microbial cutting boards were SO much better for you than "old germy wood ones" found just the opposite. Wood is anti-bacterial, (especially the better woods that cutting boards tend to get...