St. Martin Sleeve on Moselund tunic, = 13th c gamby pattern?
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 9:41 pm
Title basically says it all. Thinking about making a more functional and comfortable gambeson for SCA Heavy, and hopefully making it more plausibly period.
St. Martin's Sleeve is carbon dated to 1160 - 1270. There are a few extant tunics with similar slightly inset sleeves. Moselund seems like a good candidate design wise, is dated 1050 - 1150.
My last gamby was rectangular construction, with side gores and armpit gussets. Fustian shell, wool blanket, linen liner. 2" spacing between quilt lines. Lots of pockets in the lining for plastic plates and zoombang pads.
First one was a t-tunic tube, split up high, with armpit gussets. Linen shell and liner, bamboo batting. 2" spacing between quilt lines.
Still going to use my last version, it would be perfect for 100 Minutes War. But the wool padding is pretty heavy. I want something lighter and cooler for Pennsic, at least. So this one will be 7oz linen shell, bamboo batting, 3oz linen lining. Want to do 1" spacing between quilt lines, I'm not happy with 2" spacing, looks flat. Probably include pockets for hidden plates, again.
Anybody ever try a more complicated gambeson pattern for the 13th Century?
Article on a recreation of a gambeson using the sleeve of St. Martin (body of recreation is a straight tube, blech!) Been linked to before on the Archive, but a lot of those are broken now:
http://www.guerriersma.com/SiteOld/cont ... ai2017.pdf
Moselund tunic:
http://www.forest.gen.nz/Medieval/artic ... elund.html
St. Martin's Sleeve is carbon dated to 1160 - 1270. There are a few extant tunics with similar slightly inset sleeves. Moselund seems like a good candidate design wise, is dated 1050 - 1150.
My last gamby was rectangular construction, with side gores and armpit gussets. Fustian shell, wool blanket, linen liner. 2" spacing between quilt lines. Lots of pockets in the lining for plastic plates and zoombang pads.
First one was a t-tunic tube, split up high, with armpit gussets. Linen shell and liner, bamboo batting. 2" spacing between quilt lines.
Still going to use my last version, it would be perfect for 100 Minutes War. But the wool padding is pretty heavy. I want something lighter and cooler for Pennsic, at least. So this one will be 7oz linen shell, bamboo batting, 3oz linen lining. Want to do 1" spacing between quilt lines, I'm not happy with 2" spacing, looks flat. Probably include pockets for hidden plates, again.
Anybody ever try a more complicated gambeson pattern for the 13th Century?
Article on a recreation of a gambeson using the sleeve of St. Martin (body of recreation is a straight tube, blech!) Been linked to before on the Archive, but a lot of those are broken now:
http://www.guerriersma.com/SiteOld/cont ... ai2017.pdf
Moselund tunic:
http://www.forest.gen.nz/Medieval/artic ... elund.html