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...
Hi people I have been pondering a bit on the nature of leather/hide in the period, and have arrived at a couple of theories that I would like to hear some...
There were basically several types of "tanning" during most of the MA: pit-tan (which is sort of like the veg-tan leather of today), alum-tawing (which uses...
Hi, ... The information about "laminated hide soles" or "laminated leather" is an old mistake that was quite frequent in the early half of the 20th century...
On another loop I'm on, for an upcoming SCA event, a member is trying to find a resource that states, hopefully with date context, foods used in earlier...
Heaven, laminated leather ideas in this day and age? The 15th century belt ("Erik of Pommerns belt") is actually an early-to-mid 14th century tablet-woven...
... Oh, great! I didn't remember exactly. Claudia ___________________________________________________________ Telefonate ohne weitere Kosten vom PC zum PC:...
I've been thumbing through my research books. I've found a couple of references stating that Robert The Bruce was born on 11 July 1274, so I'm confident that...
Here follows the transelation of an interview with Marianne Vedeler about her latest research into norwegian medieval garments and textile fragments. The...
Thank you so much for that - very interesting - especially the pleated garment. Now I know of at least two lots of pleating - Norway and Greenland. ... -- ...
The Pinked bands you refer to Gunvor are generally called Dagges in English. Quite a few of them have shown up in London. ... -- Caroline "We don't stop...
On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:20:35 +0200, Caroline <carolineebuckley@...> ... That was the word I was looking for ! My brain shut down at that point. ... ...
Hi Gunvor, Nice piece, but I trust it's rather journalistic. I have a feeling the writer did not understand all he/she heard. For instance: what is meant by ...