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Maille means stitch.
Mailler means mesh.

Mad Mick wrote:

I know 'tis a green cross

Not until the 16th century it ain't.
(According to Desmond Seward anyway.)



Oh and BV your links ain't working anymore.

Rust or iron oxide is a formed by a reaction between the iron and oxygen in contact with water or moisture. Nothing to do with the carbon content at all as far as I know. Also Wrought iron tools? I think most cutting/ surgical tools would have at least a hardend steel edge, (to enable durable sharpe...

I see me too!! http://picasaweb.google.com/elliewout/K ... 0118693506

Ok, a different angle - how long would it take bare chalk to be colonised by plants? Maybe over a decade it would naturally happen and they would leave it as it was? Here's a write up of an experiment conducted in the '60's that tried to discover just that:- http://www.ubss.org.uk/resources/proceed...

there is also the augment that it is better to be more comfortable/less restrictive and therefor safer. as is still applied to this day. That's right because when I buy a new crash helmet for the bike I always take the padding out because on a summers day it gets soooo hot in there! Just like when ...

gregory23b wrote:Had you tried oil or varnish? That would sort out uptake of atmospheric moisture, it would make them a tad translucent as well.

Now that's a plan.

Thanks for all the help so far. I have 2 more questions 1. How do I go about " bellying" the dowel I'm using and what was the purpose if this ( i noticed in the illustrations above only a few we bellied so wasn't sure if it was a necessity for period accuracy) 2. Does anyone have a good resource fo...

ROMAN SEXUALITY. Images, Myths and Meanings. Friday 14 January - Sunday 10 April . 2011. Weston Gallery. Lakeside Arts Centre, University Park, Nottingham. http://www.lakesidearts.org.uk/Exhibitions/ViewEvent.html?e=1743&c=5&d=0 I haven't been down yet so I can't really say how big it is, but I noti...

With a rifle type trigger and rear sight I'd say it looks like a target crossbow, popular on the continent from (according to Payne-Gallwey) latter half of the 17thC to the first half of the 18thC. His example has a steel bow 2ft long and a stock 2ft 3in. If it's bigger it may be ealier. Wallace Col...

Looks like hte thing about hair being shorn as a punishment for impropriety is a re-enactorism then? Agreed? Shame - it was always a fun item for teasing MOPS. Roger Hart in "Witchcraft" states that before a witch was pricked ; that is using a needle to discover hidden devil's marks, the witchs who...

assuming it's not going to be used in reenactment combat then a canvas fabric glued on with PVA glue should do the trick. Use fabric tacks for the edges if the wood thikness allows.A washable emulsion should do for painting too.

Enjoy the festival, take ALL day, there's LOTS to see!

Can you recall which study/ journal/ author, off the top of your head? I havn't had much luck in finding studies. Early iron pdf "Pieces from five different mail-shirts have been examined, all dating to the Late pre-Roman Iron Age and the Roman Iron Age. These finds include one from a Late pre-Roma...

A 1:72 scale trebuchet! Cool B-)

A trebuchet! Cool

Went to see it today. Visually stunning, the scottish country side is used to the max and looks great. I don't know much about that Roman period but the kit looked pretty damn good to me. And yes it is very bloody and grizzly. The down side for me was the she-wolf charater reminded me of Keira Knigh...

Alan_F wrote:natalie, can you tell me a bit more about this event?

http://livinghistory.co.uk/forums/viewt ... 17&t=20644

Lord Byron wrote:Not bad, but your camera appears to be in need of repair -

OMG I thought the pics had been digitally altered to make them look like they'd been taken on an old battered war correspondents camera!

Well done!

Indeed I always found Meet the Ancestors a bit of a let down really the whole aim of the program seems to be to make a plasticine face!

Julians Blood of the Vikings was better, and his books are very good.

British try reading some books and leave the TV switched off for the winter.

I'd like one with fluffy rabbits and cuddly kittens.



And cybermen.

will be using this lots!!

Excellent, will anything new is most welcome the "Only got one style at the moment" is confusing my little head in all ready as this one is exactly the same as another forum I frequent.

(More silly smilies would be cool too.)

How much of a goose would be left if you hit it with one of those? My own take is that a crescent shaped head would break wing bones very nicely so while the goose was then forced to walk south for the winter it was much easier to grab and eat him... ...Or send the dogs in. Indeed. Maths aside, a b...

John, if your so adamant that you are going to shoot blunts with it, get your gamby on and get someone to shoot you [/u] with it. And see how much it hurts. IMO 100lb Xbow shooting blunts at what ever distance or angle is frankly asking for injury. What does your archery captain say, presuming you h...

Langley wrote: The only ones showing crescent arrowheads involved hunting ducks/geese etc.

And the reason for this is???

The "Aren't MOP silly and aren't we clever" posts grate on me for two reasons. The first is that in most cases MOP have paid to come and see/talk to us, that suggests they have an interest and a desire to learn, I went to shows years before picking up the hobby and at the time I'd hate to think som...

mike wrote:There have been hundreds founds in old quays and some have speculated about ships rigging.

Punching holes in sails?
Shoot one at a tight sheet and see what size hole it leaves.

Hraefn wrote:Like "So when did we (meaning humans) start keeping chickens then?"
That made me think....

I had that one, but about peacocks in england, I couldn't give an answer ...
Well I don't know everything!

I thought I would start a thread in which we can share these little nuggets of 'wisdom'. Join the club. :roll: http://livinghistory.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=18299 Search and you'll find many other "aren't normal people silly, not like us" etc, blah, blah, etc, type threads on this forum.... ZZz...

Interesting stuff medievalevents, I was kind of hoping you'd found something new relating to the 13thC.

Rum? To burn? Were they mad?