Re: [h-cost] WOT Bjarne,

2007-07-02 Thread Katy Bishop
My Austrian mother agrees, here is her reply: They are saying that you can make 83 different food and/or costume items from an Ox. Trachten is NOT a food term Speisen= food Trachten = folk costume Katy On 6/29/07, Schaeffer, Astrida [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The phrase: Vom Ochsen seind

Re: [h-cost] Hilarious greeting cards using famous paintings

2007-07-02 Thread chindora
Thank you so much.? I really needed that. :) ~Kimberley -Original Message- From: Michelle Plumb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:09 am Subject: [h-cost] Hilarious greeting cards using famous paintings Hello, gang.? ? I was at my local

Re: [h-cost] Hilarious greeting cards using famous paintings

2007-07-02 Thread Ruth Anne Baumgartner
Well, now I've spent some MONEY! Curse you! (ha ha ha ha ha) Seriously, though, not a lot of COSTUME content ;-} --Ruth Anne Baumgartner scholar gypsy and amateur costumer On Jul 2, 2007, at 12:09 AM, Michelle Plumb wrote: Hello, gang. I was at my local bookstore this afternoon to buy a

Re: [h-cost] Hilarious greeting cards using famous paintings

2007-07-02 Thread AlbertCat
Seenow I HAVE to send cards to every person I know or have ever met. ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

RE: [h-cost] WOT Bjarne,

2007-07-02 Thread Ingrid G . Storrø
On Fri, 29 Jun 2007, Schaeffer, Astrida wrote: The phrase: Vom Ochsen seind drei und achtzigerlei Speise und Trachten zu machen Well, my German mother thinks Trachten is still clothing in this context, as that's the term for folk clothing. Specifically for this case, the leather pants

[h-cost] Medieval hose query

2007-07-02 Thread Pauline Loven
Hi All I have just subscribed. A friend posted on my behalf and there have been a couple of responses already, but just to clarify: I am costuming a film based on the images in the 14th c. Luttrell Psalter which was made for an estate in my home county of Lincolnshire. The film is for the

Re: [h-cost] WOT Bjarne,

2007-07-02 Thread Katy Bishop
But according to my Mum it is 43 food _and/or_ clothing items. Katy On 7/2/07, Ingrid G. Storrø [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 29 Jun 2007, Schaeffer, Astrida wrote: The phrase: Vom Ochsen seind drei und achtzigerlei Speise und Trachten zu machen Well, my German mother thinks

Re: [h-cost] WOT Bjarne,

2007-07-02 Thread Ingrid G . Storrø
On Mon, 2 Jul 2007, Katy Bishop wrote: But according to my Mum it is 43 food _and/or_ clothing items. Oh, is it? I'm sorry, I didn't realize she'd seen the whole text; I must have read some of them wrong then. I'll certainly take the reading of a native speaker over my own any day. :) Although

[h-cost] Re: Hilarious greeting cards using famous paintings

2007-07-02 Thread Sonja (LS-LAMP)
Thank you for the link.  The calendar is going to make great Christmas stocking gifts for a few friends. S - Original Message --- Message: 5 Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:09:05 -0400 From: Michelle Plumb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [h-cost] Hilarious greeting cards using famous

[h-cost] Medieval gold thread

2007-07-02 Thread Ingrid G . Storrø
Hi all! I've searched the archives but haven't found what I'm looking for. My group (focused on Norway, 1299-1319) is planning to make an embroidered standard/banner, as historically accurate as possible in design, techniques and materials. The details aren't clear yet, but the project may involve

Re: [h-cost] Hilarious greeting cards using famous paintings

2007-07-02 Thread Debloughcostumes
you can get some of these personalised through moonpig.com had nige in stitches the other night, esp the one of the guy in trunkhosen :o) ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

Re: [h-cost] Medieval hose query

2007-07-02 Thread Saragrace Knauf
I would definitely not write it off as artistic license. There are too many examples of footless, and strapped hose to do that. One of the first places I looked, Davenport, page 104 speaks of breeches being tied at the ankle or strapped under the foot. I am only conjecturing, but I suspect

RE: [h-cost] WOT Bjarne,

2007-07-02 Thread Schaeffer, Astrida
Agreed-- especially since some of the other Speisen und Trachten combos refer to fowl and fish! Astrida -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Ingrid G. Storrø Sent: Mon 7/2/2007 2:09 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: RE: [h-cost] WOT Bjarne, On Fri, 29 Jun 2007,

RE: [h-cost] Medieval gold thread

2007-07-02 Thread otsisto
Will this help? http://www.sallymilner.com.au/framedetail.php?Book_ID=249 http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1220_gothic/craftsperson.php http://medieval.webcon.net.au/technique_goldwork.html -Original Message- Hi all! I've searched the archives but haven't found what I'm looking