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- Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:58 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Medieval Manuscripts - how much did they cost
- Replies: 13
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Re: Medieval Manuscripts - how much did they cost
OK, I have an update on some of this in the Irish context. I was recently at a talk in the National libary of Ireland where one of the speakers (Professor Pádraig Ó Macháin, Gaelic Manuscript Production in the Early Modern Period (1300-1600)) Indicated the following about MS production in Ireland in...
- Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:38 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Medieval Manuscripts - how much did they cost
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5265
Re: Medieval Manuscripts - how much did they cost
well, judging by the faces of some of the professorial types who were at the lecture the news was unwelcome...and arts rather than science probably control that part of the library
- Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:30 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Medieval Manuscripts - how much did they cost
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5265
Re: Medieval Manuscripts - how much did they cost
Thanks for the detailed response, would have thanked sooner but my head slightly melted Anyway, you have shown me that an assumption I made was wrong (which is great) so I now need to go back a step and look at that whole thing again. On a tangent, I know that the Early Irish (where I am from) monas...
- Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:16 am
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Medieval Manuscripts - how much did they cost
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5265
Re: Medieval Manuscripts - how much did they cost
The medieval prices link is cool and answers some questions I had - just not the one I am trying to figure out now! I have the Medieval Craftsmen book, I guess I should read it properly :$ - that is certainly where I got the idea that the pricing models existed, but hadnt remembered that the detail ...
- Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:25 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Medieval Manuscripts - how much did they cost
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5265
Medieval Manuscripts - how much did they cost
Hi, I am looking for information on how much it would have cost to commission a manuscript during the early medieval period...actually any medieval period would be good I have seen references indicating that scripts were priced differently and know that different grades of parchment/vellum cost diff...
- Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:29 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Church bells - when did they appear?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2780
The National Museum of Ireland has a lot of examples see http://www.askaboutireland.ie/show_asse ... et_id=2603 for one -though the info provided is less than good.
I know that several date to the 10th century at least (and possibly earlier) and most look like the one in the link
Brendan
I know that several date to the 10th century at least (and possibly earlier) and most look like the one in the link
Brendan
- Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:27 pm
- Forum: 410-1100
- Topic: Gambesons - reality or reenactorism
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8605
like a lot of the descriptions in the Irish sagas which describe things that must be impossible well, now if you had 7 fingers and gouts of flame coming out the side of your head you would be able to wear 24 shirts of waxed iron - never mind cotton! Brendan PS> If you can point to the specific cott...
- Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:57 am
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Period dye colors?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4262
This is of no use to anyone, but I have a strange little book in Spanish that I got in the mountains of Peru, it has all the colours used in traditional dyeing techniques; the raw materials and a diagram showing the entire process. A lot of stuff involving beetles. And then to complete it there is a...
- Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:44 am
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Urineology
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2815
- Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:04 am
- Forum: Creative Works
- Topic: Copyright
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3692
- Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:55 pm
- Forum: Creative Works
- Topic: Copyright
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3692
- Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:15 am
- Forum: Creative Works
- Topic: Copyright
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3692
- Sat Mar 01, 2008 6:44 am
- Forum: Creative Works
- Topic: Copyright
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3692
Copyright
Hi, I recently got my hands on a facsimile copy of the I:33 document (and very nice it is). Anyway, I have 'copied' one of the plates. i.e. I measured a large number of points on the 'original' marked similar points on the page I was using and then joined the dots. After that I have started painting...
- Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:38 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Gown (male) Pattern - last half of the 15th century.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4394
- Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:34 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Military Orders
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4031
- Fri Feb 22, 2008 11:12 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Military Orders
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4031
- Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:48 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Military Orders
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4031
- Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:38 am
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Gown (male) Pattern - last half of the 15th century.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4394
I am pretty sure that I have the original pattern pieces... I will try them out and get back to you all with the answer! (This may take some time as I will have to work myself up to doing it again!) Thanks for your help and I hope that Alexander has picked up some useful tips! (sorry for hijacking y...
- Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:35 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Gown (male) Pattern - last half of the 15th century.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4394
ok...I was pretty sure I had done the selfedge right. If that is the problem it would explain a lot I did use the split out pattern and marked the pieces with chalk and then thread; however it is possible that I put the marks in the wrong place :oops: I will have to double check the grain in the lig...
- Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:23 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Shortbow - who makes them ?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2099
- Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:06 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Gown (male) Pattern - last half of the 15th century.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4394
sorry for delay in reading responses... if it was me that you pm'ed then I didnt get it :( If I remember right (and is a while) I put the CF/CB seams on the selfedge edge of the fabric. I was pretty sure that I measured right etc for the pleats (obviously not) but it makes sense that it is a fundame...
- Mon Feb 18, 2008 5:53 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Gown (male) Pattern - last half of the 15th century.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4394
you make it sound so easy... I have made a gown with the help of the MTA but encountered huge problems in finishing it off: - Teh sleeves and shoulder are fine, though there is more of a gap between the doublet collar and the gown than I wanted; but I cannot get the pleats to work. Essentially, I ha...
- Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:25 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Help with clothing
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3965
I will be down in Cork at the weekend and can go over some of the Hospitaller kit stuff - are you planning on getting kit together as a: -Knight -Sergeant -Chaplain -Sister (yes they did have the equivalent of a nunery, one at least -Devon/Cornwall springs to mind but not sure) -Corrody holder (Ther...
- Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:42 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: 12th - 13th century sewing/stitches (or anything period)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3759
My reading of these diagrams is that the darker side (in the image) represents the side of the cloth that will be on the inside once the garment is made. Most of the options pictured would result in hidden "folds". I dont know whether the "folds" were ever visible or whether they were always conceal...
- Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:29 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Hoisting of Knights
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6108
- Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:11 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: 12th - 13th century sewing/stitches (or anything period)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3759
I have found the following site really good:
http://www.heatherrosejones.com/archaeologicalsewing/
Having read it *after* lots and lots of hand stitching, I realised what I should have been doing - and it was easier.
There is a useful categorisation by time period and references.
Brendan
http://www.heatherrosejones.com/archaeologicalsewing/
Having read it *after* lots and lots of hand stitching, I realised what I should have been doing - and it was easier.
There is a useful categorisation by time period and references.
Brendan
- Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:47 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Pleating a sleeve for a 15th C doublet
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4415