Medieval crafts

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Are you a medieval re-enactor who wants to get beyond basics? Are you ready to test your sewing skills? Are you ready to spend a little cash? Do you want to look like this professional re-enactor at the Tower of London? Here are some things that you...

John Hockwood's Shoes - клуб любителей исторического кожевенного ремесла. Обувь Сумки Ремни Аутентичные технологии прошлого 🤘

One of the many things taught at Winter Count this year was shoe making in the form of carbatina or ghillies. These are relatively simple shoes notable for their one piece construction and generally involve very little sewing. I am interested in how things are learned and for me, the process is more important than…

Hinged wooden pattens made from poplar, vege-tanned leather, brass nails and pewter buckle. Wood coated with linseed oil, leather embalmed with lanolin and beeswax mixture.

Français 20071, fol. 6v, Faustulus recueillant les jumeaux

Medieval Women's Irish Dress sewing pattern

miniprojects1 [licensed for non-commercial use only] / Medieval (German?)

La robe à tassel kézako ? Cette robe, la plupart d’entre vous l’ont déjà vue, certainement très vulgarisée, mais elle reste une image d’épinal de costume féminin au Moyen Age. On la trouve également sous le terme de « Burgundian dress » (vous trouverez d’ailleurs beaucoup plus de visuels sur internet avec le nom anglais que français) Illustraiton : Patrick Dallanegra Cette robe est l’évolution de la houppelande, robe fourrée portée au début du XVe siècle. Très ample, cette dernière est…

Fish was originally the most valuable source of affluence in the Øresund region. Already in the 13th century merchants from Lübeck, Rostock, Hamburg, Utrecht and Kampen came to by herring and other fish at such commercial centers as Falsterbo, Skanör, Malmö and Dragør in the Sound. In the 14th century Øresund attracted merchants from still farther away, e.g. from Scotland, England, Flanders and Normandy. In the famous Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus (History of the Northern Peoples)…

Oggi è san Biagio, il santo patrono invocato contro le malattie della gola ma anche protettore dei cardatori. Vediamo come l'iconografia - in particolare la miniatura medievale - ci ha raccontato la sua storia.

Livre de la chasse (Gaston Phébus, comte de Foix)