... Nods, I am more of book person- will be checking out period bindings at the British Library. There is still lots to see at the V&A. As you say there is so...
58994
catalinadegata
Feb 7, 2012 1:59 am
Anyone know where I might be able to purchase frames for Period Eyewear? I normally dance around the late 15th and early 16th century Mediterranean. Duenna...
58995
Brad Moore
mamluk
Feb 7, 2012 2:25 am
Duenna Catalina, This is the only place I know of at the moment: http://periodglasses.com/. Je Reste, Dans Service au Reve, Nicolas Brad Moore ...
58996
quokkaqueen
Feb 7, 2012 6:06 am
<<snip>> ... <<snip>> My wooden rivet spectacle frames came from Sweetness and Light: http://www.candlemaker.org.uk/personal.htm And they looked like this:...
58997
EaldredSCA@...
ealdredmoneyer
Feb 27, 2012 4:19 am
Hello, My boys group at church wants to make bows and arrows. I am looking for advice on where I can buy bow wood that is ready to be carved/shaped into bow...
58998
LJonthebay
wodeford
Feb 27, 2012 7:02 am
... Ah, memory serves me correctly! http://search.3riversarchery.com/nav/cat1/bows/cat2/bows_bowbuilding/cat3/bows_bowbuilding_backinglumber/0 Saionji no Hana ...
58999
Derek Estabrook
ironhandofal...
Feb 27, 2012 11:38 pm
I'll look around and get back with you if I find something good. I'm from Letcher, SD so I'll see if I can find any local sources or otherwise. Derek...
59000
EaldredSCA@...
ealdredmoneyer
Feb 28, 2012 2:23 am
Thank you Saionji for the link. Derek, do you go to the SCA group in Vermillion? I'm part of Coldedernhale. Dawson ... From: Derek Estabrook...
59001
groomporter
Feb 28, 2012 4:00 pm
... I compromise with some 18th century style frames from Jas. Townsend & Son. Their frames are only $30....
59002
cat tillotson
iridaea
Feb 28, 2012 5:44 pm
And the lenses? How will that work? - Cat the Nearsighted from Caldarium (West Kingdom) & I still can't figure post-trimming on tis stupid phone! +++++ ...
59003
Heather English
theiadora
Feb 28, 2012 5:48 pm
From their Site "Clear sample lenses are included in the round 1-3/16 inch openings - ready to have your prescription installed at your local optometry shop....
59004
Folo Watkins
folo1...
Feb 28, 2012 5:56 pm
... When I purchased a pair twenty years ago for use in 18C reenacting, t5he lenses were easily replaced at Pearle Vision. They told me they did similar things...
59005
groomporter
Feb 29, 2012 3:31 pm
Yup I had a local shop put my reading script into the 18th cent. frames I got from Jas Townsend. I recently saw some magnifying reading glasses done in 18th...
59006
groomporter
Mar 15, 2012 3:58 pm
I was going through some stray bits I had and rediscovered this... Here's a really easy and fast moving card game that would be easy to play a few hands if...
59007
mechthild_quattermart
mechthild_qu...
Mar 15, 2012 6:48 pm
Hello I have a problem with a new 13.th century cotta I made. Please have a look at the photo in the album "Mechthild Quattermart" here in this yahoo groupe. ...
59008
quokkaqueen
Mar 15, 2012 9:38 pm
<<snip>> ... <snip>> I've seen similar necklines in the 14th century "Maciejowski Bible", but on the outer layers instead of a kirtle/tunic. eg....
59009
jewett_christine
jewett_chris...
Mar 15, 2012 10:34 pm
I just remodeled a brown gown into a sleeveless kirtle with pin-on sleeves a la the Braque Family Triptych, but I don't want to wear that type of headdress. I...
59010
GaleL
ecarian
Mar 19, 2012 5:24 am
I have this vague idea about people in the middle ages having a stew pot that they might eat out of for a long time (keeping the food hot being a way to...
59011
Kim Gibson
kgibson1228
Mar 19, 2012 12:26 pm
I don't know documentation for medieval sources, but my granny had a soup pot going most of the time that sat on the stove when I was young and was added to...
59012
GaleL
ecarian
Mar 21, 2012 5:39 pm
Really interesting article. The find was from around 664 AD (they think she died of the plague that happened then). ...
59013
timfarleynj
Mar 26, 2012 6:31 pm
It's my understanding from various history courses I've had that indeed the stewpot was kept going throughout the year, and changing it out and startying anew...
59014
lilinah@...
urtatim_alqu...
Mar 28, 2012 2:11 am
... And that's how this idea is perpetuated without documentation. I won't accept it until i read something more credible than "i heard it somewhere". (this is...
59015
Tiffany Brown
tbro3a
Mar 28, 2012 2:43 am
I wonder if instead of stewpot, this was a pot of stock? Stock should be a lot easier to keep from going off than a full stew (especially if you bank your fire...
59016
Joe Jj
lady_leonard...
Apr 15, 2012 9:14 pm
Greetings, I found this on a late night perusal of the the Los Angeles Craigslist central LA Arts and Craft section. I can't for the the life of me make it...
59017
Elizabeth W
e_walpole
May 16, 2012 2:22 am
Our College could do with a new war banner (as the old one is made of cotton and very faded). The current plan is to appliqué this design ...
59018
Cristal Delamer
cristalmer
May 16, 2012 5:48 pm
Contact Baroness Rebecca Mary Robinson, from Caid. She is an expert on medieval flags. You can contact her at astonhall@... Tell her I sent you. ...
59019
quokkaqueen
May 17, 2012 3:34 am
<<snip>> ... <<snip>> Some examples: Banner of the de Blonays, late 14th century http://web.ceu.hu/medstud/manual/SRM/herself.htm (click on the image for a...
59020
ssd0231
May 25, 2012 2:16 am
Hello all, My mother has decided (finally) on a time period unfortunately its pretty narrow and not one I'm at all familiar with. Its 1480s-1510s, so basically...
59021
Elizabeth W
e_walpole
May 25, 2012 2:50 am
The Tudor Tailor group has recently published a book on this period 'The Queen's Servants: Gentlewomen's dress at the accession of Henry VIII' ...
59022
Isabella D'Angelo
jubileel_ins...
May 25, 2012 2:26 pm
Hello! I would suggest the Period Pattern No. 51. http://stores.renstore.com/-strse-283/Early-Tudor-Patterns-for/Detail.bok However,t here are several other...
