Saturday, July 26, 2014

Hanging Up Armor in the 14th Century

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Pelegrinage de la Vie Humaine , 1348,  two images from  Guiron le Courtoise , 1370-...
Thursday, July 24, 2014

Storing Crow Foot Ropes with Hooks

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These crow foot ropes have hooks to attach them to my pavilion. If I simply coil them for storage  the hooks have a malicious tendency to ...
Monday, July 21, 2014

Loss of English Horses at Agincourt

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The chronicles agree that the English lost many horses when the French looted their camp at the battle of Agincourt. The shipping account of...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Coronels

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Early 1500s.  Another image of the coronel from the Higgins shown above. 16th or possibly 18th century . Here ,  h...
Monday, July 14, 2014

Armor 1375-1387

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Manuscript Miniatures  Note that the Lyon  Grandes chroniques de France looks later than 1380 to me and the Lyon library dates it to the end...
Friday, July 11, 2014

Hose: 1350-1500

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The drunkenness of Noah, Weltchronik (ÖNB 2823, fol. 21r), 1463. The mocking of Noah, Probably 14th c. It is wel...
Tuesday, July 08, 2014

Aristocratic Dress, c. 1400

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From the tapestry of Jourdain de Blaye in Padua, c. 1400. Nice outfits. Some lovely hats, belts and fabric. The le...
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Monday, July 07, 2014

Armor: 1410-1415

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From England, France, Belgium and the Netherlands: From Manuscript Miniatures . Some of these have deliberately exotic elements because of...
Wednesday, July 02, 2014

Excerpt: A Ballad

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The lady looked o'er her own castle-wall To a bloody scene like writ by Mr. Martin And said "The blood is like the medieval age ...
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Sunday, June 29, 2014

Broad-brimmed Felt Hats: 1380-1415

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From the top: Jacob increasing his herd, Bible historiale (BNF Fr. 9, fol. 32v), beginning of the 15th c...
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