Saturday, August 23, 2014

When May Medieval Gentlemen Display Their Breeches?

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Not often, actually. The lower orders may do so more often.  Laborers in the fields in hot weather may strip to shirt and breeches without...
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Breeches and a Breech-belt

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I made these breeches based on a pattern by Robert MacPherson. An earlier version appeared in ...

Banner Weathervanes in the 14th and 15th Century.

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What is believed to be the oldest brass weathervane in England is still atop a 14th century parish church in Etchingham . (Update: it now se...
Saturday, August 16, 2014

Breeches: 1370-1390

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Livy, Ab urbe condita , French translation [ Histoire romaine ] by Pierre Bersuire Paris Bibliothèque Sainte-...
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Retrofitting Historic Enterprises Breeches

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I had the original center front opening for the drawstring sewn up and replaced with two eyelets 3" apart in front. The drawstring no...
Monday, August 11, 2014

Camping in a Pavilion

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A hoop-spread pavilion with separate walls provides  a lot of convenient points to hang s-hooks f...
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...