I'm not too well-informed on this topic, but I did just return from a trip to Paris, where I saw a number of wonderfully embroidered almspurses in the Musee de...
...and a related question from my trip: I'm interested in medieval history, particularly that of France, and I do read French well, but I've never really...
... I believe so. The researcher will be spending the summer in France analyzing some of these artifacts, so I'm guessing the ones at the Cluny are on her...
Hi Anne, ... You can imagine that there's not a bigger proportion of interesting books in french than in english... ... In general, you'll find a plenty of...
Morning, I’ve hand spun a bunch of thread and now I would like to do something more with it. Is lucet cording appropriate for our time period? I wanted to do...
... Based solely on evesdropping on the class my wife's taught on Lucet history, I don't believe that it can be documented to the period (or much before the...
... I believe some show wear typical of wear from a lucet when analised microscopically. IMR those were earlier Viking perhaps not this period. However 19th C...
... Well, I've now been through MacGregor's "Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn: The Technology of Skeletal Materials" and while he does mention and show a couple of...
... For this -particular- pair of Greenlander breeches, I'm not sure of the date, so they might be in the period of this list - but of only minor use, except...
Hello folks! During the last weekend a question arose: Where did our ancestors store their bowls, cups, plates and all the other table items? Chests were used...
... They probably did not have so many (in general) so maybe no specific storage area needed ? I'm assuming in the home ? Mel This e-mail, and any attachment,...
... Good point - I was sort of assuming that the poster was asking about when not at home (i.e. going to events, traveling, etc). This does bring up an...
... that "they" owned less "stuff" than we do today. I know we have some later inventory accounts - how accurate is that assumption? Going on wills & the size...
... Well, I'm not thinking by -modern- standards. I'm just wondering about the assumptions. ... I could see owning two or three at least -- to keep my friends...
Few are portraying peasnts, ideed. One would be little credible if he didn't recognize a cow's rear end. ... Note, that these figures are a rough guess only....
In 75years@yahoogroups.com, "Melanie Wilson" <MelanieWilson@d...> ... Well, I'm not thinking by -modern- standards. I'm just wondering about the assumptions. ...
... The question meant storing ceramics and other table items at th house in medieval times. ... When meals had been finished and the tables were stored away,...
... Beams were to be found in the *upper* floors of wealthy Cologne houses, because the ground floor usually was build in stone (Hans Vogts: Das Kölner...
... Are you sure that all chests are expensive items? A simple board chest could be very inexpensive, while a carved piece would fetch a much higher price. ...
... having to bring their own :) Hmm maybe depends how far your friends were coming, it could represent a lot of unessary expence ? ... grotty olde peasants,...
I confess my pottery goes in baskets Mel This e-mail, and any attachment, is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system,...
Mel, what would be the proper material for baskets? Splints, reed, grass etc? What about shapes and construction methods. Oh ok, how about pointing me to a...
... etc? Whatever you have to hand generally, baskets don't survive. Here traditionally willow is used in many places ... pointing me to a good book or...
The restored 14th & 15th C kitchens and halls I saw when I was in Belguim and Switzerland had open shelves on the walls where the household silver plate would...
According to The British kitchen by Doreen Yarwood Medieval kitchens section sayes by the later middle ages large manor houses and castles had ancillery ...
Hi everyone! Now I need your great collective knowledge again. I'm stuck in Dublin, without my books and my broadband. I'm working on my 1303-dress, and have...
Hello, there are german sculptures from the 13th c., depicting women with neck slits, closed by annular brroches. In the McBible, women also use brooches to...
... Any online images? (warning, big images) http://www.colinmacdonald.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/colinmacdonald/brooches.html Top image shows Samson having his hair...
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