Prepared to assist potential entrants to the contests. This is NOT a comprehensive list, merely some starting points. Enjoy -
Hats and Hair - articles and links by Mistress Cynthia Virtue
Listing of links to pictures of Straw Hats in Rennaissance Works of Art
Medieval Finds from Excavations in London, 3, Dress Accessories c.1150-1450, by Geoff Egan and Frances Pritchard, ISBN: 0851158390.
The Medieval Kitchen: Recipes from France and Italy by Odile Redon, Françoise Sabban, & Silvano Serventi -- includes Fine Spice. Also seen on website.
Spice Powder interpretation with citation
La Trobe University Library Medieval Music Database
Archive of Medieval Music (Images)
Medieval and Renaissance Musical Instruments
Medieval and Renaissance Eating Utensils and Feast Gear [note: lots of links here]
Medieval Pottery Research Group Links [note: includes links to a major database of items]
English Drinking Vessels: Black Jacks
How to Make a Pair of Gloves (includes links to documentation and booklist)
3 Legges Stool with pics, bibliography, links to extent items
Eames, Penelope. Furniture in England, France, and the Netherlands from the Twelfth to Fifteenth Century. London, The Furniture History Society, 1977.
Dieh, Daniel and Mark Donnelly, Medieval Furniture: Plans and Instructions for Historical Reproductions. Published by Stackpole Books. 1999 ISBN 0-8117-2854-4.
Diehl, Daniel, Constructing Medieval Furniture: Plans and Instructions with Historical Notes. Published by Stackpole Books. 1997 ISBN 0-9117-2795-5,
Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
Die Miniaturen der Manesseschen Liederhandschrift - Manesse Codex 1300
The Guttenberg School of Scribes
Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts
Medieval and Renaissance Eating Utensils and Feast Gear [note: lots of links here]
Medieval Pottery Research Group Links [note: includes links to a major database of items]
English Drinking Vessels: Black Jacks
Scully Terence, The Art of Cookery in the Middle Ages,Woodbridge, Boydell Press, 1995.
La Trobe University Library Medieval Music Database
Archive of Medieval Music (Images)
La Trobe University Library Medieval Music Database
Archive of Medieval Music (Images)
Medieval Poetry - links to poems online
Building Blocks of Old English Poetry
Medieval Garden Class with large resource list
Whittington Castle Medieval Garden
Brother Cadfael's Herb Garden: an Illustrated Complanion to Medieval Plants and their Uses. By Rob Talbot and Robin Whiteman. Published by Little Brown and Company 1997. ISBN 0-8212-2387-9.
Gerards's Herbal: A History of Plants. Edited by Marcus Woodward. Published by Senate 1994. ISBN 1 85958 051 3.
The Embroiderer's Garden, by Thomasina Beck. Published by David& Charles Craft. 1987. ISBN 0 7153 0691 X.
The Medieval Garden, by Sylvia Landsberg. Published by Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-01691-7.
The Medieval Garden Design Book, by Ramona Jablonski. Published by Stemmer House 1982. ISBN 0-88045-011-8.
The Renaissance Garden in Englaind, by Roy Strong. Published by Thames and Hudson. 1979 and 1998. ISBN 0-500-27214-X.
"Gardens" #25 Compleat Anachronist, by Deidre Ui Mhaille, Published by SCA Inc.1986.
Overview of 15th Life: Falconry with bibliography
Lists with series of Links to info and bibliographies
Falconry through Medieval Times: a compilation of pictures and extant pieces
Scottish Falconry Site includes detailed history and info on birds and equipment
Wondrous Glass: Roman Glassworks
Medieval Renaissance Games and Equipment
Medieval and Renaissance Games Home Page
Medieval Poetry links to poems online
Medieval Sourcebook: The Regulations of the Weavers' Gild of Stendal, 1233
Textiles and Weaving Links from Atlantia
Evolution of the Medieval Book
Archeology of Medieval Bookbinding, by J. A. Szirmai. Published by Ashgate 2000. ISBN 0 85967 904 7.
Bookbinding Basics, by Paola Rosati. Published by Sterling Publishing Co., 1998. ISBN 0-8069-7939-9.
Bookbinding In Great Britain: 16th to 20th Century. Catalogue 893. Published by Maggs Bros. Ltd. 1964.
Bookbinding Its Background and Technique, by Edith Diehl. Published by Rinehart and Co. 1946. Vol I & II.
Bookbindings: Victoria and Albert Museum, by Johm P. Harthan. Published by HMSO1985. ISBN 0 11 290226 X
English Embroidered Bookbindings, by Cyril Davenport. Published by Kegan, Paul , Trench, Trubener and Coompany London, 1899.
Fine and Historic Bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library, by Frederick A. Bearman, Nati . Krivatsy, J. Franklin Mowery. Published by the Folger Shakespeare Library. 1992. ISBN 0-96299254-1-1.
Pictorial Bookbindings, by Marjam Foot. Published by The British Library 1986. ISBN 0-7123-0099-6.
Textile and Embroidered Bookbindings. Published by Bodlian Library Oxford 1971.
The History of Bookbinding 525-1950 A.D.: An Exhibition held at the Baltimore Museum of Art November 12, 1957 to January 12, 1958. Published by the Trustees of the Walters Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland 1957.
The Portfolio 1894: Monographs on Artistic Subjects. Bookbinding in France, Albert Durer's Engravings, Italian Book-Illustrations. Edited by P. G. Hamilton. Published by Seeley and Co. 1894.
Dye Recipes from the Innsbruck Manuscript
Early, Medieval and Renaissance Dye Recipes - resources
Medieval Textiles Newsletter - Madder
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