Category: Historical Reenactment

The Morgan Bible (also called the Maciejowski Bible or Crusaders’ Bible) is a picturebook Old Testament that was created in France in the mid-1240’s. Over time it passed

The moral of this checklist is, “Pick a period and stick to it.” General Figure out how to finish the spot where four seams meet Get a real

Mongol garb is awesome. But it’s the ultimate cold-weather garb. It’s been 90 degrees* for somewhere between one week and eighty-seven months, or possibly forever OMGGGGGG. The exact timeframe

Robes The crossover flap ties right under the armpit. Extant robes are generously cut at the armpit, so this isn’t as high as it might be on, say,

Women http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/firdawsis-shahnama-iskandar-visits-queen-qaidafa-of-andalucia-15790 http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/firdawsis-shahnamameeting-of-zal-and-rudaba-15789 http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/firdawsis-shahnama-mihran-sitad-choosing-one-of-the-khagans-five-daughters-16555 – One woman is dressed in Chinese, not Mongol, style. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/52.20.2/ http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/edan/object.php?q=fsg_S1986.102a-d http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002173/217377e.pdf – p. 13 has a picture of a veiled woman in

Warfare, on Altervista, is a priceless repository of images of/links to warriors (and a great many other people) organized by century and region. Of the most interest is Illustrations of

Back in my LiveJournal days, we said, “Five things makes a post.” If you didn’t have enough to say on any one topic to make a post, you

From time to time I get a wild hair up my butt and go racing off after yet another historical clothing style. This is my page of notes

This weekend is the Wars of the Roses, a camping event where (hundreds? thousands? IDEK) a zillion members of the Society for Creative Anachronism descend upon a campsite