Diary started Jun 26, 2006Outfit Finished on August 25, 2006. Summary landsknecht n.from Landsknecht “servant or soldier of the country or land”: a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd. Fearghus is on court for TRH Rolf and Aurora. They are stepping up in Germans (Landsknecht) and have requested that their court wear…
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Green and Gold Swiss Gown
Diary started August 1, 2006 Progress: “Finished” 5/30/2010. Dress is now wearable. Still has some finishing work to do on it. Summary So it turns out I look smashing in Germans. Whodathunk? So I’m willing to do it some more. This requires that I have more than one german gown. The Cranach type gown is lovely (see Cranach dress diary)..…
Trossfrau/Kampfrau/Swiss Style Dress
This style is seen around 1530 in the wood cuts “The German single-leaf woodcut, 1500-1550″ by Max Geisberg and in the Triumph of Maximillian. Identifying details: – Closed front opening possibly laced or hook/eye. – Predminantly square neckline both front and back (though there are examples of round front/back necks) – Guarding follows the neckline and along the edge of…
German: Holbein (1526’s)
Diary started August 1, 2006 Dress research in progress. Summary Research and Background Details to include: Inspirational Pictures Holbein, Hans the YoungerLais of Corinth1526Limewood, 34,6 x 26,8 cmKunstmuseum, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basle Holbein, Hans the Younger Venus and Amor 1524-25 Limewood, 34,6 x 26,2 cm Kunstmuseum, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basle Cranach the Elder, Lucas(German, 1472-1553)Herodias, about 1530.Oil on panel
Glass Beads
http://www.sgb-midatlantic.org/how-tos.html http://www.corinabeads.com/ Scadian with sources: http://www.timelessbeads.com/
“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 need gloves to keep my hands warm. A short amount of research found a pattern for “3-fingered workman gloves”. I fiddled with the pattern for a while and then finally sewed a pair from some bunny skins I had in…
Furmenty and venison
Almost universally all of the late 14th/early 15th century menus I looked at included venison with furmenty in the first course. I was determined to be able to serve that. It just seemed right for a feast where the theme was “Hunt and Harvest”. Very early in the year I contacted my parents to see if they could get a…
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 out & þe broth [1]. take crustes of brede and bray hem in a morter, an drawe hem thurgh a cloth with þe broth, þenne take oynouns an leshe hem on brede an do to the broth. þanne take pork,…
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 feast still came off well.. but I ended up re-using a lot of recipes from my last feast. Theme: “Hunt and Harvest” First Course: Furmenty (v) with Venison Capon Fricassee Bourblier of fresh boar Tourte (cheese and herb tart)(v) Cabbage(v)…
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 my love I asked “honey, if I made you ‘Henry the 8ths’ for Twelfth Night, would you grow your hair out?’. My honey is a natural red head. I think he’d look stunning dressed like Henry VIII. After a short…