Have a look at the pictures in this forum! Many of these gonnes were unknown to me, which kind of made my day, although I believe that certain care has to be taken when accepting the different datings of the respective handgonnes.
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Slow burning powder?
This forum hosts a very interesting discussion on the firing of handgonnes; the theory is that the finely ground black powder burns slow enough to enable the shooter to ignite it and then aim the handgonne.
Die Geschützdarstellungen des Walter de Milemète von 1326/7
This very meticious article (in German) also concerns the Milemete guns. Although my German is only limited, I found it to be very interesting.
Fitting round pegs into square holes?
Another interesting article on the earliest firearms. The author tries to prove that the earliest types of cannons, like the Loshult gun, were used in the siege of Eltz castle in 1331-1333.
Cool page about the earliest cannons
I came across this page when surfing: The Milemete Guns. It contains an analysis of the pot-de-fers known from Walter de Milemete’s De Nobilitatibus, Sapientis, et Prudentia Regum. It’s well worth a read if you are into handgonnes like us!
Speaking of medieval clay ovens…
I came across this free, downloadable publication on how to build traditional clay ovens – it will come in handy when we finally decide to build one for the company! Plus, there are loads of other resources on the web, such as these: The Bread Oven: Symbol of Colonial Liberty/A Large Clay Oven, Building and Using a Medieval-Style Hemispherical Bake Oven and The clay oven – how to build a clay oven in eight steps. The page even includes pizza recipes!
German daggers uncovered
Some of the daggers uncovered at the excavation site
I just found an article about a heap of daggers unearthed in north German city of Stralsund. It just so happens, some of us are going to Stralsund next Friday. Perhaps we could get a closer look at the excavations, if they are still at it?
Blog posts on medieval bras
The bra from Schloss Lengberg, Austria
Our good friend Isis Sturtewagen has posted a couple of blog posts on her company blog. The first of them discuss the occurence of medieval bras such as the one discovered in Schloss Lengberg in Austria in 2008 (it’s the same one that everyone keeps re-posting). Have a look at it here.
The second one regards Isis’ reconstruction of a garment of that type; I suspect we will be seeing a lot of the ladies in the company wearing their own in the future.
Also, she has written this post about written sources on supportive underwear.
Update: a couple of really cool new photos!
We’ve returned from our Finnish campaign
One of the organizers of the medieval festival in Hollola has posted a nice summary of the event on her blog. Scroll down for English text. Also, have a look at this clip:
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