The Armour Archive

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Medium Aevum made the point. The book by Ariès and Duby is a publication from the early 1970's, so it looks quite dated now, even if it was innovative back then. The American historians developped a different kind of gender studies, that spread later in Europe. Ariès and Duby are still a reference, ...

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I haven't seen it, but this serie by the editor Ouest-France is valuable on many subjects, and the authors are reliable (University researchers). http://www.editionsouestfrance.eu/03120.html William, if you can't find it at the Cluny (wich would be doubtful I agree), try the bookstore at the Louvre ...

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Hello everyone. Has anyone here already visited this exhibition ? http://natmus.dk/en/the-national-museum-of-denmark/exhibitions/temporary-exhibitions/viking-2013/ It is on display until 11.17 in Copenhagen and will be presented next March in London. I would like to get some review before booking th...

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If this can help (I am not sure of the period you are looking for) : 14th century : * [Carte marine de l'océan Atlantique Est, de la mer Méditerranée et d'une partie de la mer Noire, connue sous le nom de Carte Pisane] --1300 http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b59011825.r=mer+m%C3%A9diterran%C3%A9...

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Thank you for posting.
The tiles and the style of the painted wood look a lot like the altar of the Sainte Chapelle in Paris(the upper chapel) , quite at the same time.

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you can have a look here : http://ciham.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/paleograp ... x.php?l=en

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great !

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I can't find any publication of Eva Crane online, too bad. Hrolf, it seems that we are talking about the same thing :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Gorab (I apologize for any Egyptologist, not really my favorite period of History) What I find interesting is that in some places, the kind of bees...

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According to this French book ( Ruches et abeilles : traditions architecture patrimoine : http://books.google.fr/books?id=bFl2GdBf69cC&pg=PA45&lpg=PA45&dq=ruche+antiquit%C3%A9&source=bl&ots=mSfFDUVZ4S&sig=-Ly6SYUDvckz3JrlGKnQ6cwVRmU&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=3r-oUZlTgYXgBOSbgegL&ved=0CFkQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=ruch...

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You can find some pieces on display in Paris, at the Invalides (Musée des Armées, Armes anciennes) to give you an idea : http://www.musee-armee.fr/collections/base-de-donnees-des-collections/objet/armure-de-siege-vers-1650-1675.html?tx_mdaobjects_object[idContentPortfolio]=923&cHash=50a6ab976f89db61...

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I tried to find something after reading Signo's post. I found this (in French) that confirms your theory, but only for the late 15th-early 16th, with interesting developments about how subcontracting the armor work in Touraine spread the latest technology from Northern Italy and Germany. So far, I h...

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Here are some French links for you about French medieval paleography : http://ciham.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/paleographie/ same website in English : http://ciham.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/paleographie/index.php?l=en with the warning "Notice: this website is available in English for the most part. Only the introducti...

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Thank you very much Galfrid

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I post it here, but I am not sure if this is still in the trail of the post. There is a French newspaper called "Histoires et Images médiévales". The last issue (#49 april-may 2013) publish a long article by Frederic Wittner about the evolution of maille with a lot of very interesting pictures (illu...

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very good question, Mac ! on the "research" (in French "Recherche") page, you can see all the libraries by city name : http://bvmm.irht.cnrs.fr/recherche/rechercheParVille.php For each city, you'll see the call numbers referenced (for ex : the library of Abbeville has 40 call numbers referenced here...

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With pleasure, Mac. This database gives you access to digitized manuscripts kept in different French libraries (exept the BNF). To use the search engine, you have to know the call number (in French "cote") of the manuscript. You can also use the search engine MEDIUM : http://medium.irht.cnrs.fr/Manu...

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Bibliothèque virtuelle des manuscrits médiévaux (virtual medieval manuscripts library), with more than 1000 digitized books in French : http://bvmm.irht.cnrs.fr/accueil/accueil.php research page by city : http://bvmm.irht.cnrs.fr/recherche/rechercheParVille.php research page with a map : http://bvmm...

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This question is way out of my knowledge, but I might help you with the language. http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/gambison where it is said that the gambison is referred as a "stuffed" pourpoint, the word would come from medieval latin (1st reference in od French being "bambais" (13th century) (ref i...

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No, sorry, can't read it on this picture. Archive's note precises thant these are instructions given frome the Hugenot's headquarter in Orléans to the Huguenots of Rouen (surrounded by the Catholic armies). http://www.europeana.eu/portal/search.html?query=what%3Adocument+%C3%A9crit%3B+lettre%3B+mess...

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Yes ! Due to the purpose of the lining, this kind of manuscript was probably destroyed quickly (to destroy the proof).
But I wonder when someone have experienced it first.
Never read anything about something like this before.

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The French National Archives have an exhibit called "Archives sur tout, Archives sur rien". http://www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/chan/chan/musee/archives-sur-tout-archives-sur-rien.pdf (in French) Among different items, you can see this pourpoint : http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/arch...

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I totally agree with you on the fact that one should be cautious when it comes to interpret or use illuminations as primary sources. It is always the case with illuminations, since most of the artists were monks and they were not always the most informed sources about weapons and armours. [ On a mor...

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On the Gallica website : "Heures à l'usage de Paris" (Heures de Jeanne de France), 1440-1460 http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8571085n http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8571085n/f267.item http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8571085n/f483.item http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8571085n...

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Thank you !

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Paladin, this is the official link
http://www.museedestempsbarbares.fr/index_eng.html

the person on the link you posted is working on the Guédelon's project : http://www.guedelon.fr/en/
Reenactment pushed to a high level.
Enjoy

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so far I couldn't find anything else but this larger view
http://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/mosel ... -amsterdam

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Interesting idea. I have to go back to the post that refers to an inventory of the abbey before its destruction.

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Ernst, I had similar questions about it. I have any idea if it was an habit to store elk woods for so long and then use it for artistic purpose ? Does anyone has ever seen this kind of object anywhere else ? I agree with your idea of useless object, but still can't figure out how this could have bee...

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Soon to be seen at the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum (Netherlands) https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/BK-16990 It is an object that the curators of the museum found in December in the reserve collection. The ornamental shield comes from an abbey in Metz, on the funeral monument of Louis le Pieux For a...

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I would ask the same question as Dan Howard first. However, some links that could interest you : 1 - 1480-1520 they opened it : http://www.photo.rmn.fr/cf/htm/CSearchZ.aspx?o=&Total=8&FP=11328909&E=2K1KTSG2RVM4D&SID=2K1KTSG2RVM4D&New=T&Pic=3&SubE=2C6NU0IK0314 2 - 1480 archery's brigandine http://www...

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the link for the catalog is now restaured : http://opac.vatlib.it/iguana/www.main.cls?sUrl=homeMSS
and http://www.mss.vatlib.it/guii/console?service=scan

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at the Invalides museum in Paris (1) http://www.musee-armee.fr/collections/base-de-donnees-des-collections/objet/dague-a-rognons.html (2) http://www.photo.rmn.fr/cf/htm/CSearchZ.aspx?o=&Total=200&FP=2091531&E=2K1KTSG9YCXWT&SID=2K1KTSG9YCXWT&New=T&Pic=56&SubE=2C6NU0PLB8LV with the detail : http://www...

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Greetings

For all the manuscripts and illuminations' lovers : here is the link to the BAV (Vatican's Library), with numerized manuscripts.
Enjoy.
http://www.vaticanlibrary.va/home.php?p ... italizzati

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I ran across an image today that could be interesting to include in this discussion. This is the tomb monument of Gustav Mattsson (d. 1406) and his wife Gertrud Lagesdotter. Gustav is wearing a leg harness and appears to be bare-chested (other possible options: a sheer shirt or a musculata, both se...

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Later than the purpose of this topic, but closer to the period of Bertus' pictures : this is the PhD work of Sophie JOLIVET "Pour soi vêtir honnêtement à la cour de monseigneur le duc : costume et dispositif vestimentaire à la cour de Philippe le Bon, de 1430 à 1455" (English summary) http://tel.arc...

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New manuscripts database

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Re: Manuscript on a pourpoint : Gaspard de Coligny mid 16th

Re: Manuscript on a pourpoint : Gaspard de Coligny mid 16th

Manuscript on a pourpoint : Gaspard de Coligny mid 16th

Re: New digitized manuscript at the BNF - mid 15th

New digitized manuscript at the BNF - mid 15th

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Re: ornamental shield in moose wood (11th-12th century)

Re: ornamental shield in moose wood (11th-12th century)

Re: ornamental shield in moose wood (11th-12th century)

ornamental shield in moose wood (11th-12th century)

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Vatican's numerized manuscripts

Re: Late Fourteenth Century Arming Garments II: The Upper Bo

Re: Late Fourteenth Century Arming Garments II: The Upper Bo