Ill be setting up a blacksmithing coal/charcoal forge. Ill ber there for both weeks. look for bullitens about it at war or ask around for Fergal the Botteler....
Hi all, I'm looking for resources on 13th century pattens - I dearly love my turnshoes but when I put a hole in the sole after just a handful of wearings, I...
Hi Sara, this subject has been discussed some time ago in this list. Have you checked the archives yet? Perhaps it would be best to do that first, and then...
earliest I can find examples of a portable forge that would be used by a blacksmith in a baggage train is revolutionary war. after doing some research on the...
I don't know that you're going to find any documentation on that due to the disposable/recyleable nature of the thing. However, we know that smithing was done...
thanks joel! looking forward to it! im yakking up just about every yahoo group thats relavant to this subject, looking forward to bering able to offer a...
Ok, I haven't found the pics I'm looking for yet. I think they're in another computer. In the meantime, have a look at this Viking Age forge. Might give you...
Nope that's not me. I'll be able hopefully to contact the woman who sent me those pics after the weekend. Then maybe I can put you in contact with that smith...
Greetings! This weekend of lectures veers a tad past the time period for this group, but I wanted to offer the opportunity to those who are nearby. Come and...
As I was a-browsing my pictures of old I spied a heathen with a big godendag or so... and put it into the arms section of the photos. The epos is the...
Hi Jürgen, the battle of the golden spur is dated 1302. Did you get this picture from digitized online database (and in this case, which is the reference) ? ...
Hello Jürgen! ... The battle of the Golden Spurs was in 1302. This is an interesting picture of what does indeed look like an early depiction of the weapon....
em, the picture was taken from a copy displayed in the Wolfram-of-Eschenbach-museum in Wolframseschenbach. Luckily I can give you the rest of the description...
... "Willehalm"-codex the fragments of the "Große Bilderhandschrift" (~big picture-manuscript) around 1270 Bayr. Staatsbibliothek München CGM 193,III Germ....
Interesting! Does anybody know of a transcript of the text of Willehalm, that can be consulted on the web? I didn't find one with Google.... ... Van: "Olivier...
Come on, Joris, it's easily readable. Just brush-up your Middle-German a bit... ;-) Henk Interesting! Does anybody know of a transcript of the text of...
Have a look at this in the V&A; http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1552808523&size=o The Marnhull Orphrey England 1315-35 Linen with embroidery in silver,...
Oh my goodness, those are amazing! Caitlin ... From: 75years@yahoogroups.com [mailto:75years@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Gunvor Sent: Friday, November 02,...
Hi, Do not immediately start making checkered and striped hose because of this. The tomentors of JC were in medieval iconography often portrayed as exotic ...
... That is, unless you intend to portray a 13th-century European's idea of the Exotic East in Days of Yore :-) The same issue comes up with some other...
What a pretty manuscript! What's the story of the Sachsenspiegel for those of us who only know enough German to think it has something to do with East Middle...
We also have to keep in mind that medieval artists (or their patrons) had a habit of depicting 'strangers' and/or 'ennemies' in outdated or just different...
Greetings! A mate is going to London this weekend, and wonders if you guys know any good shops for re-enactors? Textiles, ceramics, jewelry, and such... ...
There is a shop where you can buy wonderful silk yarn (and others), for weaving, embroidery and such: http://www.geocities.com/athens/agora/9814/ The next tube...
... for those of us who only know enough German to think it has something to do with East Middle Germanland. :-) It`s a book of law. And yes, unfortunately...