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
Turkish Garb We’ve Got It All Wrong: What They Really Called Their Clothes Women’s Garb, Piece by Piece Don | Underpants Çakşir | Trousers Gömlek | Shift Zıbın |
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
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
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
