“country man’s gloves” – 3 fingered medieval gloves
A couple years ago I decided to goto Estrella. I'd been told it was frightfully cold so I figured I'd…
21 years ago
A whole year without an entry…
Wow. I swear I did stuff. I just didn't write any of it in this diary. Jan. 7 2005 finished…
21 years ago
Furmenty and venison
Almost universally all of the late 14th/early 15th century menus I looked at included venison with furmenty in the first…
21 years ago
Fylettes in galytyne
From The Forme of Cury(1390)(http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext05/8cury10.txt): FYLETTES IN GALYTYNE. C. XVII. Take Pork, and rost it tyl the blode be tryed…
21 years ago
Beaconsgate Boar Hunt A.S. XL (2005)
Boar hunt 2005 is the second feast I've ever cooked. I started out with very big plans. Life intervened. The…
21 years ago
Tudor: Henry VIII (1530’s)
Diary started October 21st 2005 Garb research in progress. Summary It all started so innocently. One day while gazing at…
21 years ago
Brown and Gold Gown
Diary started October 13th 2005 Dress first worn: August 26, 2006. Saxony, Germany [Edit: After almost 2 years of calling…
21 years ago
Dress of the Court of Saxony
This style of dress proliferated in the Saxony region of what would be modern day Germany. Cranach the Elder was…
21 years ago
Tubular Tablet Weaving
From an email from phiala@email.com Henshall, A. 1964. Five tablet-woven seal tags. Archaeological Journal 121:154-162. 5. Multicoloured tablet-woven cord The…
22 years ago