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article of interest

Beth and Bob Matney — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:11:18 GMT

Thought that this might be of interest to the list. Lachaud, Frederique. "Liveries of Robes in England, C.1200-C.1330." The English Historical Review. 111. 441

Re: 14th C. hairnets

Beth and Bob Matney — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:14:24 GMT

Thank you! Beth

Re: 14th C. hairnets

Katrin Kania — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:47:37 GMT

One of the nets is netted from 2-ply silk threads in green and white with arms embroidered in silk and gilt silver thread. The arms were embroidered on coarse

Re: 14th C. hairnets

Beth and Bob Matney — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:23:22 GMT

That is the full text from the exhibition catalogue. If anyone has access to the Waffen article (citation included) that this was take from (unfortunately I do

Re: 14th C. hairnets

Viktoria Holmqvist — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:10:07 GMT

8<... snip...8< ... Does it say elsewhere in the book how the second one is made? (as far as I could tell the German text didn't say anything about the

14th C. hairnets

Beth and Bob Matney — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:06:39 GMT

Some friends asked me to upload these and I thought that some of you might be interested as well. Here are images of two hair nets 1st half of the 14th C. Note

book of interest

Beth and Bob Matney — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:00:15 GMT

I have been reading Vale, M. G. A. The princely court medieval courts and culture in North-West Europe, 1270-1380. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.

The Battle of Stirling Bridge - accurate documentary?

Diana Cosby — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:54:30 GMT

I'm considering buying the documentary, "The Battle of Stirling Bridge."

Re: Question - Robert The Bruce / The Black Douglass

Diana Cosby — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:24:30 GMT

... ~Fabulous. I sincerely appreciate your reply. As I continue to search, I am happy to say I did find this referenced in The Scottish War of Independence

Re: Question - Robert The Bruce / The Black Douglass

Kudrun Pilegrim — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:03:08 GMT

Ronald McNair Scott's _Robert the Bruce: King of Scots_ (New York, Peter Bedrick, 1982) sort of supports your story. On page 40-41 he tells how Edward sent

Question - Robert The Bruce / The Black Douglass

Diana Cosby — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:15:32 GMT

A couple of years ago, I stumbled across a historical fact that caught my interest. Robert the Bruce swore fealty to King Edward then back to Scotland several

Digital Codex Manesse

Nijso Beishuizen — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:09:50 GMT

Hi, the university of Heidelberg has digitised the Codex Manesse, also known as Cod. Pal. germ. 848 aka das Grosse Heidelberger Liederhandschrift. The images

Re: Details from Manesses Codex

Henk 't Jong — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:16:26 GMT

Hi Colin, ... for those bright white buttons? Silver/pewter, bone, pearls? Tin, lead-tin and pewter were widely used for buttons (see Egan and Pritchard,

Re: Details from Manesses Codex

Beth and Bob Matney — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:37:59 GMT

Thanks to everyone for your tips and suggestions. They are much appreciated. I have the exhibition catalog on order and it should be here in a couple of

Re: Details from Manesses Codex

Henk 't Jong — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:43:58 GMT

In 1988 the Codex Manesse or, like it is known in the library world, das grosse Heidelberger Liederhandschrift, was the subject of an exhibition in the