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by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:32 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Geoffery Chaucer....A reliable source ??
Replies: 17
Views: 374

Thank you.
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:45 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Silk Gonfalons
Replies: 8
Views: 247

Ah . . at work I can't see Photobucket either. Only Flickr. I can see 'em now. The first is Marieke van de Dal, Duchess, Mistress of the Laurel and Pelican. The second is Cenwulf Bearwes, Master of the Laurel and Pelican (Nice touch making the supporters an apprentice and a protégé). I have not be...
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:12 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Geoffery Chaucer....A reliable source ??
Replies: 17
Views: 374

Why was the tale that I was actually enjoying the most the one that he PLANNED to not finish ( as opposed to just not finishing it ) by having it interrupted? You referring to Parliament of Foules ? I recall in one story of Chaucer's (I cannot at this point recall which), he tells of two brothers c...
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:59 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Black Name
Replies: 11
Views: 501

I understand that he wasn't called "The Black Prince" during his lifetime . . . it was, I've read, a posthumous appellation.
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Fri Jan 02, 2009 4:07 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Black Name
Replies: 11
Views: 501

In Atlantia there was one called Black Kane O'Shannon, may he rest in peace.

A man of swarthy complexion and hair, he had the purest and noblest heart to beat in the chest of any living man.
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:24 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Silk Gonfalons
Replies: 8
Views: 247

Hmmmm

Linked from MySpace - that's why I can't see them.
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:55 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: horse hair plume construction help
Replies: 4
Views: 164

How does one correctly pronounce "Amt?"
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:35 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Military Museum in Belgrade - PICS
Replies: 5
Views: 268

I can make out some "Bayeux Tapestry" reliefs on some of the tombstones, and decorative work on others . . .
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Tue Dec 09, 2008 3:16 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: I had an epiphany
Replies: 10
Views: 528

I'm reminded somehow of the image of the orchestra conductor who stepped onto the podium and opened the binder to find the following:

<center>Wave the stick around until the music stops,
then turn around and bow.</center>
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Mon Dec 08, 2008 9:23 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: A great quote my wife emailed me.
Replies: 15
Views: 500

Sean Powell wrote:By that logic:

Buckler = Micro-mini-skirt

single-sword = ?


Hot pants. :)
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Fri Dec 05, 2008 5:21 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Manesse Codex hat
Replies: 2
Views: 170

HE: "To the woods!"

SHE: "No, no, not to the woods!"
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:39 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: 2009 Project: Strongbox
Replies: 72
Views: 1715

InsaneIrish wrote:You'll like this one:

http://flickr.com/photos/brokentaco/295 ... 51658@N00/

1400s St. Margaret's church, Norfolk


One thing I find especially intriguing about that chest is that it's apparently still in regular use - note the modern Master padlocks.
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:52 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Need info: Italian folding field bed, 16th century
Replies: 33
Views: 684

sha-ul wrote:[T]he canopy uprights could be used as handles if slid into pockets.,,and the sides of the compacted chest,Ie the ends of the bed were my thoughts as well.


I dunno about that . . . in theory perhaps, but those spars on the examples shown don't look strong enough for so robust a use.
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:15 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Need info: Italian folding field bed, 16th century
Replies: 33
Views: 684

All the examples shown appear to fold up into what appears to be a fairly large chest. If you omit the canopy, I suspect that it would be a manageable load for two people. Especially if you added handles . . not on the sides (of the bed, which would be the ends of the chest) but on the ends of the b...
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Thu Nov 20, 2008 4:44 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Mary Rose sunk by French cannonball?
Replies: 14
Views: 303

I concur. It sounds logical that taking on water would make her ride lower and therefore be susceptible to capsizing. And although it seems odd to be more willing to attribute a sinking to bad seamanship than to battle damage, it becomes more plausible if you consider what the English attitude about...
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:41 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Frederick Barbarossa/Redbeard and The Battle of Legnano 1176
Replies: 4
Views: 200

Wow, that is wonderful stuff. But that black or dark blue cloak with the gold embroidery . . . showing Christ surrounded by the symbolic avatars of the Four Evangelists . . . got things a little mixed up. The "name tags" identify the winged man as St. John (JOHANNES) and the eagle as St. M...
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:10 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: What goes with a kettlehelm?
Replies: 31
Views: 683

That's Amos the Pious, aka Brother Amos, of Atlantia.
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:59 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Hi-Res Images of the "Ringeck" Fechtbuch
Replies: 2
Views: 190

Hi-Res Images of the "Ringeck" Fechtbuch

The University of Dresden Library has made available high resolution scans of the so called “Ringeckâ€
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:39 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: 14th Century images including a mace?
Replies: 3
Views: 258

I communicated with the owner of that Turkish mace head. He tells me that "It weighs 12.25 ozs/370 g." Not overwhelmingly heavy.
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:57 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Edward III was...
Replies: 35
Views: 996

To complicate the issue more . . . will you cite for us some examples of the qualities of the English royals that you find offensive?

Being a Scot, I'm not likely to challenge you over anything you say about them . . . someday, though . . .
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:29 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Edward III was...
Replies: 35
Views: 996

And to what Royals, of what lands, Sir Vitus, would you point as exemplars of your chivalric aesthetics?
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:17 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Wager of Battle in the 14th Century
Replies: 8
Views: 237

Act I, Scene 3of Shakespeare's Richard II opens with the ceremonies attendant upon the conduct of of the judicial combat to which Randall refers. May not be completely accurate historically, but I don't think very many folk would fault you using Shakespeare as a reference!
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:41 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Anyone ever start an SCA group on their own?
Replies: 16
Views: 525

I would say this: If you're trying to kick off a new group, try and find at least one other person who wants it to happen and will work with you in the sort of developmental steps several previous posters have described. Especially good it is, if you find one of those people who was a SCAdian before...
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Sun Nov 09, 2008 12:40 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Atlantian Crown...?
Replies: 65
Views: 3132

Here is a photo album of the recent Atlantian Crown Tourney.

Not my work - I was not there
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Sun Nov 09, 2008 12:25 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Atlantian Crown...?
Replies: 65
Views: 3132

Atlantian Crown Results in Detail

Earl Sinclair chronicled the progress of the Crown Tourney in a series of dispatches to the Atlantian mailing list, the Merry Rose . Here is a compilation of the content of those dispatches. The first dispatch (of the first challenge-in match) was just after 12:30 in the afternoon. The finals were c...
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Fri Nov 07, 2008 8:40 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Blazon Help
Replies: 7
Views: 119

Unfortunately all I can see is argent, a saltire couped gules and a bordure sable.
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:49 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Armour Pronunciation Guide?
Replies: 33
Views: 721

English does not borrow from other languages. English follows other languages into dark alleys, knocks them over, and rifles through their pockets for loose vocabulary.

~Origin uncertain
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:30 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Injured Fighter Accurate Armor Help (ideas really)
Replies: 16
Views: 632

I have no advice, but I just gotta say . . .

All that and you're still fighting.

I salute your determination.
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:51 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: 16th Century Armored Foot Combats.
Replies: 30
Views: 663

ANYBODY ELSE DOES IT FIRST, I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND KILL YOU, THEN I WILL FART ON THE HEAD OF YOUR DEAD CORPSE.TWICE. IN VIEW OF YOUR MOTHER "Dead corpse" is redundant, 'Jandro. ( Putting on Bad Baron hat ) Maybe I'll go ahead and do it, just to see if you can make good on that threat. A...
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:34 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Identify Heraldry
Replies: 5
Views: 272

Hibernia is Ireland. Caledonia or Scotia is Scotland. So d'you think that shield in upper center is "argent, on an inescutcheon gules nine hearts Or?" Or would the field be gray or sable? I know that there are German manuscripts showing arms with gray in them, but I have read that the gray...
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:08 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Identify Heraldry
Replies: 5
Views: 272

I've been unable to find anything through gules, nine hearts Or. The checky azure and Or below the royal shield is connected with Vaux, but that's the only clue I have so far. The inscription to the left of the mystery shield seems to be in Latin and to read something that suggests to me "The Q...
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:47 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: RECLAIMING THE BLADE - A Documentary
Replies: 6
Views: 366

I think there is another thread about this, but this looks interesting There was one, I recall seeing it after I posted the OP above. At the time it had only a single post. I cannot find it. I suspect that the OP of that thread deleted it to avoid confusion or conflict. If that is so, and if the OP...
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:21 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: RECLAIMING THE BLADE - A Documentary
Replies: 6
Views: 366

RECLAIMING THE BLADE - A Documentary

There's a new documentary opening in December on the history and myth of sword fighting:

Reclaiming the Blade

Contains swordplay scenes from famous films as well as discussions . . . I'm looking forward to this. It will actually run in theatres . ...we should have a group attendance!
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:38 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Fabric Questions (Cross-post)
Replies: 18
Views: 348

One term used for fabric made from nettles is "ramie." You might have more success finding it by that name than by "nettle linen." Too many people would probably think such a fabric would be uncomfortable to wear! :?
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:31 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: A Riddle in the Classic Style
Replies: 39
Views: 517

D. Sebastian wrote:Hairs on my bottom,
I stand erect in a bed.
Sure to make a nun cry.


Or maybe - an onion?

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