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Furniture on a medieval ceremonial vestment
I am currently in Vienna for a conference (not related to anything medieval) and also able to visit some interesting places in this beautiful city. One of these places is the Schatzkammer in the Neue...
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A medieval gamebox re-visited
When you enter the Kunstkammer in the Kunst Historisches Museum in Vienna, Austria, you immediately stumble upon a beautifully made medieval box for board games. This gamesbox did feature in a...
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The faldistorium in the MAK in Vienna
The faldistorium from the Stift Admont dating from the early 13th century in the Museum fur Angewandte Kunst in Vienna was a real revisit for me. I did visit the museum some 10 years ago. At that time...
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St. Thomas in India: glass window versus tapestry
When I looked up the painted glass window of the joiners guild in Chartres cathedral (France) on internet, I accidentally stumbled upon another stained glass window depicting the same legend of St....
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The medieval toolchest: the plane (part 4) - metal planes
The medieval plane history is not finished yet, although it becomes more speculative here. In this part some planes made from metal are presented. Medieval metal planesThere is one illumination of the...
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New cookbooks and an old with a new recipe
During Saint Nicholas and Christmas time I have received and bought some new (at least for me) medieval cookbooks. These were:'The Book of Sent Sovi', containing the recipes of a 14th century cookbook...
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Mystery tools
This month (and the previous one) will be a bit meagre in posts from me. I am moving house and most of my attention goes to painting and construction (and installing a workshop), instead of blogging or...
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The medieval toolchest: the plane (part 5): moulding planes
Moulding planes are planes that serve a special function: shaving a specific form or mould into the wood, such as a decorative edge or concave or convex forms. Nowadays, the functions of these planes...
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A strange trestle table from 1350
This miniature is from 1350 and shows two trestle tables - one large used by the king for dining (it looks like he is getting a medieval hamburger ... ), and one smaller side table for drinks. What is...
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(Medieval) moving house
Today Anne and Marijn will be moving house. I have looked if there are any medieval miniatures depicting a similar situation and came up with these two images. Both images use carts to transport...
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A late 15th century folding chair: the sedia tenaglia
The sedia tenaglia is a folding chair with a backrest that first appeared in the late 15th century and persisted throughout the 16th century. Its main area of production was Italy, but these chairs...
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Eastern at Castle Hernen
Today and tomorrow (Eastern) we are guests at Castle Hernen (Hernen, the Netherlands), one of the castles of the 'Geldersch Landschap and Kastelen'. We were very surprised and pleased that some new...
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Making a sedia tenaglia - part 1
We use our medieval replica furniture not only during re-enactment (such as at castle Hernen), but also in everyday live. Most folding chairs as well as my strycsitten are arranged along the dining...
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Progress on the Thomasteppich: August 2014 - April 2015
Anne embroidering in the great hall of castle Hernen. The beautiful sun rays were created by the smoke of coming from the fireplace in the next room which had a badly working chimney. Photo made by...
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Some 'new' strycsitten illuminations
I have gathered some additional strycsitten images from medieval illuminations and paintings. They can be divided in French type strycsittens and the German type.French strycsittens January, folio...
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Making a sedia tenaglia part 2 - steam bending
Did steam bending of furniture exist in medieval times? That is a difficult question to answer. It is very likely that it did exist. At least the technique was used in the medieval body-building...
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St. Thomas on holiday
A few months and it already time for this years summer holidays. Last year we (both Thomasguild families) went to northern Germany, but to separate locations. Marijn and Anne stayed around the...
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Thomasteppich: the first panel finished!
Last weekend we were at the historic open air museum in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. While the men of the St.Thomasguild did all the hard work, the ladies were very busy embroidering. But with results!...
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The medieval toolchest: the plane part 1 revisited
Sometimes you encounter a little gem when looking in books or browsing through the internet. This happened a week ago when I found a painting of Saint Peter Martyr Healing the leg of a young man at...
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Making a sedia tenaglia - Part 3: completing the chair
This post is the third and final part of the story of making a sedia tenaglia. The two previous parts can be found here and here. The plan of the sedia tenaglia can be found below. The plan of the...
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