After years of looking and bugging my SCAdian friends (including those on this list), I now have picture documentation of Dog Carts in the Middle Ages!
A year ago, my friend, April K., found a line drawing of a medieval dog cart in a general interest book about travel in the Middle ages. Unfortunately, the book did not give which manuscript has the original drawing. April let me scan the picture, but refused to sell the book to me. <http://hometown.aol.com/thedancingjewel/HubMag.html> <http://hometown.aol.com/vixensmistress/page1.html> This week, Melanie who is a medieval re-enactor from the UK found the source of the illumination. Melanie is on the "75 Years" Yahoo message board and takes her dog and wagon to re-enactments in the UK. We were discussing horse carts and she looked at my webpage. She thought she recognized the artist who redrew the picture from the original manuscript. She looked up his work in an other modern (1950s) book. Bingo, this book did list the original manuscript. It is from the British Museum manuscript, Royal 10 E IV, commonly called "Decretals of Gregory." (Folio 205?) circa 1340 AD <http://prodigi.bl.uk/illcat/record.asp? MSID=6549&CollID=16&NStart=100504> Melanie's book also had a poor quality photograph of the dog cart Illumination. Does anyone have any recommendations of where I can find good quality photographs of the Decretals of Gregary? I am so pleased and I cannot thank my friends enough for their help. I have been doing the happy dance! Lady Rachel of Bhakail History of Canine Carts <http://hometown.aol.com/vixensmistress/myhomepage/profile.html> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/rkgkPB/UOnJAA/Zx0JAA/PJ_qlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_Coursing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
