[Regia-NA] Re: *WH* Fwd: [Midlaurel] Be part of the success of anamazing museum!]

[Hrolf Douglasson]

the book is out already this side of the atlantic...don't forget the regia
discount..quote membership number.
vara
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Subject: [Regia-NA] Re: *WH* Fwd: [Midlaurel] Be part of the success of
anamazing museum!]


> Marybeth Lavrakas wrote:
> > I visited Barley Hall last September, it is a great
> > place! They had one window with horn panes in place,
> > and some lovely painted wall hangings, and a REALLY
> > good gift store from an SCA perspective. To give you
> > an idea of their fervor for authenticity, the linen
> > wall hangings were sized with fish glue, then painted
> > with period pigments. The wool clothing they had for
> > people to play with was hand sewn. Hand sewn!! Wool!!
> > Sweat stained!! (ick) The place is one of the may
> > reasons I wish I could live in York. Sigh.
> >
> > =====
> > Lady Kateryn Rous, CP
> > House Broussard
> > Windmasters Hill
> > http://sca.livingpast.com
> >
>
> The York Archaeological Trust book on the leatherwork
> and shoes by Ester Cameron and Ian Carlisle is due
> out this year. You might want to pre-order from
> Oxbowbooks.com / David Brown Book Co. and avoid
> the ten dollars per pound (more now with inflation) book
> postage from York direct. York is much faster but David Brown
> is much cheaper. Ian started talking about it five
> years ago and never mentioned Ester was to be the
> prime author. They monitor the medieval-leatherwork
> at yahoogroups list.
>
> If it is shoes only you want then Stepping Through Time
> by Goubitz is the best book on the subject.
>
> We have a sizable number of the York book series ourselves.
>
> This is the last major medieval leatherwork book I know of
> (besides a rare Hedeby one) that we don't have. There are
> some scattered small ones from Scandinavia and Switzerland
> I've been aware of but not been chasing seriously.
>
> Magnus
>
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