[Regia-NA] Various Websites

[rmhowe]

Songs of the Vikings:
http://home.online.no/~alberlie/Vikings.htm

Viking Shields:
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisandpeter/shield/shield.html
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisandpeter/shield/tirskom.html

An authentic bucket maker:
Five Rivers Chapmanry ~ purveyors of quality hand-crafted cooperage,
fine hand-sewn embroidered garments, historical sewing patterns & 
embroidery supplies (519) 799-5577, fax (519) 799-5418 
http://www.5rivers.org  email: info@5rivers.org

Sara's Chainmail Connection:
http://www.chainmailconnection.com/

The Mead Hall:
http://www.brewery.org/MHall.html
Mead Brewing Archive:
http://www.circus.com/~omni/mead.html
Kenelme Digby Pages:
http://realbeer.com/spencer/digby.html

Boots, Horns, etc. by Bohemond:
http://www.highfiber.com/~bohemond/Bootshop/horn.html

Turnshoes:
http://www.turnshoes.co.uk/

Royal Irish Academy:
http://www.ria.ie/publications/publications.html
http://www.ria.ie/publications/books/old-index.html#viking
Lang,  James T.: Viking-Age Decorated Wood, a Study of It's Ornament 
and Style: Medieval Dublin Excavations 1962-81 Series B1.  Dublin: 
Royal Irish Academy. 1988. http://www.ria.org/  ISBN: 0901714682
hardback,
0901714690 paperback. As the title suggests this book is more concerned 
with decoration than function, many items are fragmentary, but the sorts 
of things represented are: a small carved box & lid, a stopper, stylus, 
weavers' swords, toggles, an awl, knife handles, bowls, spoons, winders,
a harness bow, a plane, a writing tablet, a shuttle(?), a carding comb, 
toys, and fragments of larger things like benches and chairs. 

Wallace, Patrick F.(Ed.):  Miscellanea 1: Medieval Dublin Excavations 
1962-81 National Museum of Ireland, 48pp PB Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 
1988 PB, ISBN 0901714712, HB ISBN 0901714712. $14 from Amazon.com.
The first section is a Bibliography of Dublin 840-1300 listing all
articles.
About 5 pages of solid bibliography by Patrick Wallace.
The second section is A 'Winchester-style' Bronze Mount by Andrew 
Halpin. This depicts four mounts. Similar ones are thought to possibly 
have been sword pommels. This one is highly carved in an animalistic 
romanesque style and is thought to have been a ceremonial staff end of 
some type. (Although to me it looks like the animals would have been 
upside down in context). 10 C. English Import. Two inches wide by about
5/8" thick. Shown actual size in three orthographic drawings, and one
photo.
   The third section if Ship Graffiti and Models by Arne-Emil
Christianson.
This one looks like fun, it has a number of graffiti of early ships 
including a horned dragon head ship and some obvious toys and models. 
Both carved models and real boats are illustrated. Also a Birka coin and 
a wooden gaming piece from High Street which is rather like a checker
piece. 
25 illus. Bibliography.
   The fourth section is Romanesque bookbinding fragments by Joseph 
McDonnell and has a number of book stamp styles illustrated. Not the 
actual punches but the impressions of them. This kind of illustration is 
fairly rare. The leather bits and the six different stamp designs used 
are depicted.
  The last section if Pilgrim Souvenirs by Brian Spencer which consists 
of quite a number of differently shaped Ampullae. Ten illustrations and 
about 40 citations in the bibliography.

Treasures of Irish Art 3000 BC to 1500 AD is there in the Irish Edition.
This is one of the best books on Jewellery ever photographed and
printed.
Absolutely stunning. I have the English edition and the two above.

Magnus