I PARACADUTISTI TEDESCHI NELLA RIEVOCAZIONE STORICA La Campagna d'Italia by Marco Marzilli https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1798/30224434658_b01cc0c974_z.jpg The growing need for historical adherence by the Re-enactors dealing with World War II military operations requires a high knowledge of clothin...

GLI STRUMENTI DELLA CIVILTA' DEL LEGNO Storia ed uso di attrezzi ed utensili by Ezio Zanini https://i.pinimg.com/originals/95/69/51/9569515ddecc3dec680ef74352b6d6a3.jpg As for the wood transformation processes, the generic use of a single archaic device is a totally insufficient requirement when yo...

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Searching for a 100% silk repro of a late 15th c. silk damask, perfectly tracing the genuine counterpart? If you answer is "yes", you may be VERY interested in this project...  Our Cultural Association (IMAGO ANTIQUA - http://www.imagoantiqua.it) presents the ambitious enterprise of FONDA...

RIFLESSIONI SULLA BASILARDA Analisi tipologiche e spunti ricostruttivi by Marco Vignola https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/da/fe/52/dafe5211965fe2c05e7d3dc3e7625bd9.jpg «In fourteenth-century Italy it seems to have been almost the only kind in use; hardly a picture painted between about...

​L'abbigliamento maschile longobardo Riflessioni tra archeologia, iconografia e fonti scritte di Yuri Godino https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/e0/c5/aa/e0c5aaef8cf4f9da0248fcbb2124cb98.jpg Often considered to be “the most barbaric among barbarian populations”, the Lombards actually boa...

​La moda italiana nel XV secolo. Abbigliamento e accessori di Paola Fabbri https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/32/98/98/32989883150210dacaed83d3e49361ff.jpg “ He who sees only fashion in fashion is a fool ”, proclaimed Honoré de Balzac in his Treatise on Elegant Living . Fashion means wa...

L'ARTE DEL LEGNO TRA MEDIOEVO E RINASCIMENTO. TECNICHE E SEGRETI NELLE BOTTEGHE DEI FALEGNAMI di Ezio Zanini https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/e6/19/a5/e619a54ba44c38c9751bf643fcd478f1.jpg Between the 13th and the 15th centuries, the Italian towns witnessed the rise of craft-guilds, wh...

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/be/e8/4e/bee84edfb33d2ae77b221d936e96e503.jpg The Valuable Concession deals with techniques and materials related to the economic activities performed in the medieval woods focusing on that knowledge – of basic importance for centuries – of how to sour...

You can either order it here: Or, still, if you want an exact replica, why not asking the Met if they could provide you the additional pictures you need? Doesn’t hurt trying… Hey there. I actually tried asking the Phil Museum further infos and pics before posting this thread, but they haven't got b...

Hey Folks, was wondering if ever you chanced to take any pictures of this Italian folding chair at Philadelphia Museum: http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/70356.html I'm striving hard to get front, side and rear view of it as I'd love to have it replicated for my wife... Any help will ...

" FAMALEONIS " started up and grew thanks to his members passion for history; the historical period our Association decided to focus on, has been accurately reconstructed by old documents, texts and iconographic sources. Thanks to this dogged research, we have been able to produce original...

That sounds interesting, Langley.
Will you please scan and post a picture of that illustration? Which period is it referred to anyway?

Thank you for your help!

Thank you so much for what you posted so far.
Have you got any sources dating back to 15th century?

Hey everybody. I'm searching for illuminations, drawings and iconography in general depicting targets used throughout medieval and renaissance Europe for bow and crossbow shooting. I'm only interested in genuine sources and not in replicas, so please don't post your own creations... If you can't pos...

LHEE - just had a quick scan of website in question and I think it is an online resource rather than a specific place. Sophia :D Infact it is :D It's actually an active website, featuring a forum similar to this one, concerning all the main medieval issues, from the fall of Roman Empire to early Re...

Do tell us more about it. We will be holidaying in Italy next year and might like to visit at the end of March. However our Italian is so poor...... Directions and opening times would be a help/ Well...sorry, you need help about what? I can't undesrtand which directions and opening times you're ref...

Lord High Everything Esle wrote:How can we visit?

www.villaggiomedievale.it

sorry, it's actually www.villaggiomedievale.com (only in Italian version...I'm sorry...)

GROSS MISTAKE OF MINE

....and with all metal, it's not usually the paint that causes the problem but condition of the metal it's adhereing to. You've been great, man! In my group of search (we are all amateurs anyway) someone must have missed the reference to metal in Cennini. Your indications are really clears and will...

Thank you for answering. I know "The book of art" by Cennino Cennini and a few other Italian manuscripts where you can find uselful infos about pigments. Anyway, you can't find anything directly related to metal paiting in there. Out of any misunderstanding: referring to our own experiment...

Hi there. I'm actually considering painted helmets, above all concerning the making of pigments and the techniques used on rough metal surfaces. I particularly refer to the wonderful example of German sallet displayed at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds , that was left rude black from the forge a...

The ballock dagger takes its name from the original manufacturing company, ballock and ballhook Ltd of Chertsey St in London, designed and originally sold as letter openers in the early 13th Century. The product was originally sold under the trademark 'ballock opening device' with the tag line 'goo...