Over the last year or two I've come across a few heraldic pouches and embroideries that has me wondering. Specifically about who would wear a pouch with a...
How about a Herald advertising the different knights he's worked for or it might be a team bag for a group of tournamenters. ... -- Caroline "We don't stop...
The thing that strikes me about the majority of these pouches is that most don't look designed to wear (the A shaped one with a flap being a definite...
To clearify ; The index Heraldisk contains examples of either heraldic purses,pieces with heraldic motiefs or items reminisent of heraldic patterns/purses ...
... Several have rather flimsy drawcords, and I have a fully emboidered pouch I made, and it's rathre difficult to close simply from the stiffness of the...
... None of the drawstrings That I thought looked thin (drawstrings, not hangerstrings) looked frayed to me, just thin as intended. I know the thin string...
... wondering how well it does against daily wear and tear, month in month out? Either this is a special occasion purse and rarly worn as you suggested, or...
... or it might be a team bag for a group of tournamenters. I have been wondering about the group bag idea too. It does make sense. Hopefully the museum has...
Hi Gunvor, that's a nice collection of pictures! Where did yu find these: http://www.drakt.org/Heraldisk/1200-1400_heraldisk1.jpg? Some of the heraldic pouches...
I've done a bit of research on these and thought I'd chime in... ... My experience has been that the first thing to wear out -- especially with a strong silk...
... http://www.medieval.webcon.net.au/technique_heraldic_embroidery.html You'll find the link to both the woven purses there. They come from the same museum...
... The bodies of the bags don't seem to show a lot of wear, which suggests they weren't used every day. Which brings up the question of what caused the...
Check your own photoes... I do have some colorphotoes from the V&A of shields embroidered on bands. And looking a lot like the purses I was wondering about. ...
I think these 2 are the same ; ... These are two different purses. The purse with the 4 animals on the front also has 4 animals on the back. The back of the...
My guess for these headcoverings is rather that this is a sprang net, similar to the much earlier sprang nets. Claudia ... Greetings! I've been lurking around...
welp here it is, some of the last of my leather bottle overstock. no I will NOT be taking any custom bottle orders during or after this lot, sorry folks Im...
Re-enactors recycle http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Re-enactors_recycle/ Is a list set up for re-enactors to freely offer goods that are no longer required, for...
If anyone is interested in a Wet boon event, which consists of a non public medieval camp and get together at Aug Bank holiday, email me off list for details ...
Hi all, I would like to know if you have any informations about the clothes a canon wear when he's not participating to a liturgical ceremony. More precisly,...
I want to thank everyone here for their help and advice on this loop. I sincerely appreciate the knowledge that you all so graciously share. Also, I'm excited...
Thought I'd try to breath some life into the old list... Hi Joris: still there? What about the new Robin Hood, eh? Was that a part of the set of Cadfael I saw...
Hello Henk, Yes, I'm still here, but I was a bit too busy to stir up the list. But that can change now. Do you mean the new BBC series on Robin Hood? I have...
Ah Joris - The Robin Hood stories are set in the 12th century to be sure - but there is good evidence to suggest that they ar first told in the early 14th. One...
Sorry should have said King John there not Richard. ... -- Caroline "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." G B Shaw ...
Hi Joris, ... But then ... list, I'm ... You wouldn't have said that if you had seen it: stuff from the 8th to the 5th c (and even later if you count leather...
I am researching Scotland's fight for Independence. I have several books that I'm using: -Robert Bruce & The Community of The Realm of Scotland - G. W. S....
Peter Traquair Freedom's Sword, Scotland's Wars of Independence HarperCollins, London, 1998 (paperback: 2000) Detailed overview of the political and military...
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