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...

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

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...

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 ...

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...

The National Museum of Ireland has a lot of examples see http://www.askaboutireland.ie/show_asset.do?mb=1&asset_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

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...

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...

I just signed up to facebook to look at a uroscopy chart
...which is cool btw

Brendan

and a very nice reproduction it is...
but the original! ... I guess that well and truely justifies butting in.


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well, it took me about 3 weeks to get around to finishing one page so my chances of getting an entire document done are pretty slim

Taking over the world though..there is an idea

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clearer but not clear
Thanks!
I will probably settle on making explicit reference to the original on which I based it and tell people that if they have interest in the topic they should definitely buy the book...free advertising should do it

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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...

I bought it ...read it... and suddenly (as yet unused) embroidery thread and other related items appeared in my dwelling...
Cant remember (deny) buying them

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I will try that technique this evening!

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yeah, I suppose. I have made lots of hoods, but never been happy with my efforts at making an integral hood.
Think that the neck opening or shape may be wrong. or both.

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what height is she?
[edit] and cloth width[/edit]
-presume she wants it ankle length

So,
relatively loose fitting ankle length tunic with side gores (normal for period) = cappa.
Mental block melting. Now all I need to get my head around is the integrated hood!
Thanks!

Brendan

Panda,
I will see you over the weekend, at which point I will provide you no less than half a dozen patterns for cloaks (just to confuse the matter )

It all depends on budget and quantity of cloth available reall...Is this Goth gear or something else?

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Hey, would you have any guidelines on how those mantles are constructed?
-They seem to be oversized long tunics without Gores (I cannot see any seams in the photos) - is this correct?

I have never been able to get my head around how they work over maille.

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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...

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...

As an aside on this the original Durer Watercolour was on display in Dublin a while back - it suggested (to me) that the picture was more a sketch with deliberately exaggerated elements than an attempt to capture reality - the feet in particular were a bit mad.

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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...

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...

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...

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...

I have a mental picture of something not that far from a formula one pit stop.... though I cant imagine a sub 10 second time to feed a horse and change its shoes...

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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

I think that I spent about 30 hours (That I will admit to) getting the puffed sleeve bit to work (many itterations and hand sewing)

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