Elina at the excellent blog Neulakko has been thinking about female headdress. I believe she is asking many important questions about the headwear fashion of that age; not much has been said on the details of the issue, except for Isis Sturtewagen’s tremendous work with sources of frilled headwear. Have a look at both these blogs – they are really worth the trouble!
Etikettarkiv: 14th century
Firearrows and cannon shot
Perhaps fire arrows like those in the link below were used in the Swedish Loshult cannon, 1340-1360?
I found this forum thread, showing a lot of cool stuff; above all the fire arrows and arrows used in pot-de-fer-cannons, such as described/linked to in these posts:
Die Geschützdarstellungen des Walter de Milemète von 1326/7
Fitting round pegs into square holes?
Cool page about the earliest cannons
Fredrik tells about his falchion
The latest post links to a description of a scabbard for a falchion. This post links to the falchion-owner’s blog post about his weapon. In Swedish.
A scabbard for a falchion
Back from a little trip
Some of us have recently returned from a trip in northern Germany, where we visited Bergen am Rügen, Stralsund (including the Nikolaikirche and the Kulturhistorische Museum), Bad Doberan and the Doberaner Münster (including King Albrecht’s resting place) plus Rostock with the museum in Kloster zum Heiligen Kreuz (including effigies of Rostock knights and burghers). It was a good trip with loads of laughs, some beer and good food. It was a good opportunity for some of our members to actually see the king and to get a taste of the wholesome German cuisine!
Early artillery in Scandinavia
This article, written by the archaeologist Sven Rosborn, tell the story about early artillery in our part of the world.
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!