Welp, that’s my morning inspiration.
76945-costume-research-and-more:
Alfonso XII of Spain wearing the Islamic styled coat-
The Islamic styles have persisted many yearss after the Nasrid King had Surrendered and given the Key of the city of Toledo to Ferdinand and Isabella.
Awesome display! And my eyes are straining to see the falchion in the far left.
Samuel Zborowski being led to his execution - Jan Matejko
Really, really loving my time in Krakow.
Then again… if I could spend all my days in cafes and museums; could afford to eat out every meal; had weather like this and had HEMA training like this available? Maybe I could even learn to like London.
Bits of it. Maybe. Ish…
flying penis monster
Decretum Gratiani with the commentary of Bartolomeo da Brescia, Italy 1340-1345.
Lyon, BM, Ms 5128, fol. 100r
Falkor!?
(via purebaldfury)
Richard Parkes Bonington, La Ferté (detail), about 1825 (x)
(Source: sophistae, via slickwhippet)
Got to love international drinking time. 4.30 am. Time for a beer…
ana prvacki, do it yourself chivalry. 2008
prvacki radically reverses the medieval concept of chivalry by removing her own clothes to place under her feet
That is not “The medieval concept of chivalry”. That is a caricature of chivalry created by wayward Victorian medievalism based on a myth about Sir Walter Raleigh that never actually happened.
What she’s doing is awesome.
Distorting history is not.
Summer
Cow parsley and stinging nettles. The epitome of summer. The smell…
Mustn’t forget shorts and flippy-floppies. Packing for a holiday in Poland…
Who’s the maker of the shin guards?
They’re a Swedish motor cross set. I picked them up after last Swordfish for a negligible amount of money. They’re quite nice in that they cover the *sides* of the knee and also make you sound like RoboCop.
Try asking a young, male, blond member of GHFS?
Mustn’t forget shorts and flippy-floppies. Packing for a holiday in Poland…
Historical Nonfiction: The Invention of the Balaclava
During the Crimean War, (1853-1856), which was fought between the Russians and British on one side and the Sardinians and the Ottoman Empire on the other, British soldiers suffered in battle from the effects of the cold Ukrainian weather. The troops were running short of supplies and food, and…
That’s a pretty wrong description of the Crimean War…
It was fought by British, French, Ottoman and Sardinian forces against Russia. The Ottoman Empire was no longer a first tier power, and France and Britain felt threatened by the expansion of Russian interests…
(Source: helium.com)
Lombard School (Italian, 17/18th C) Cats Being Instructed In The Art Of Mouse-catching By An Owl Circa 1700
Illuminated elephants on parade.
1. From a herbal, Italy (Lombardy), c. 1440
2. From a bestiary, England, between 1236 and c. 1250 (he looks so scared, poor soul)
More about medieval pachyderms here.
Saul Slaying Nahash and the Ammonites; Samuel Anoints Saul and Sacrifices to the Lord
Old Testament miniatures with Latin, Persian, and Judeo-Persian inscriptions
France, Paris, 1240sThe Morgan Library
