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Saffron bread
This weekend we were again in Castle Hernen and I took the opportunity to test several new recipes. The dishes were only made for our lunch and the following afternoon. The castle closes at 17:00 and...
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Medieval clothing from Vienna part I
I finally had some time to arrange the photos I took last year during my visit of Vienna. Several museums did have some display of medieval clothing; either the real stuff or on paintings and frescos....
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Medieval clothing from Vienna part 2
Continuing the story of the medieval clothing in Vienna, the next 'museum' to visit was the Stephansdom. This cathedral has some special rooms containing the treasury of the church, for a large part...
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Medieval furniture from Château Châteaudun
Château Châteaudun is a French castle rising more than 60 metres up from the banks of the Loir (a side river from the Loire). The castle was started in the 12th century, of which the keep remains, but...
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Medieval clothing (and something else) from Vienna - part 3
This time I will show photos I made from the Imperial Treasury in the Höfburg, the MAK (Museum für Angewandte Kunst) and the Kunstkammer in the Kunst Historische Museum. Especially the Imperial...
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The medieval toolchest: Reconstruction of a medieval plane
This post features a reconstruction of a medieval plane that was excavated in Greifswald in northern Germany. The descriptions have already been given in a previous post, as well as a glimpse of the...
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The bones of Saint Thomas
I was curious if there were some relics of our guild patron saint Thomas spread over Europe (or India). The answer is yes - and, surprisingly, there is an almost complete skeleton of him! The story is...
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Pomesmoille: apple pudding
As the apples harvest season has started, this is an excellent opportunity to try the apple pudding recipe 'Pomesmoille'. It is found in the Laud Misc. 553 Manuscript (Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK),...
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The medieval toolchest: The medieval plane part 3.5
This post is a part 3.5 as it contains some new images of medieval planes, as well as some better ones shown previously in the medieval plane part 3.This is the medieval plane found in Bergen, Norway....
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Norwegian medieval furniture: chairs and benches
An image of a turned medieval chair on Pinterest connected me to the Norwegian site UNIMUS. This is a portal of six Norwegian University Museums containing their huge collection of high quality photos...
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Norwegian medieval furniture: chests and other storage furniture
This post will show the other Norwegian medieval furniture found on the UNIMUS photoportal of the Norwegian University Museums (It seems that there are now 33 more 'Middelalder' photos since the last...
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More cool things to do with your hood
The hood is a common piece of clothing for the mid and late medieval period. It is also very comfortable to wear, especially when it gets chilly outside, like at the moment in the Netherlands...The...
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Double screw vise
A double screw vise where the screws look to be fixed to the rear jaw. Also, the legs are attached to the vise, making it a medieval version of the 'workmate' as we know it today. Blockbuch Eysenhuts,...
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Hypocras
Two medieval woodworkers having a meal with bread and (perhaps a spiced) wine in the Tacuinum sanitatis (ca. 1390, Codex Vindobonensis Series Nova 2644, folio 64r, Österreichische...
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Tinkling clay and tinkling glass
In 2013 I wrote on a curious 15th century French clay beaker with rings that made a tinkling sound. Supposedly this was to draw the attention of a barmaid to refill the beaker with whatever beverage...
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Norwegian medieval games
The Norwegian UNIMUS photoportal also contains photos of archaeological finds of medieval board games, which will be shown in the photos below. Most of them concern game pieces. Basically, these game...
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The 'klaarbank' of the Engelander Holt
Last year, Bram and I were asked by the 'Geldersch Landschap en Kasteelen (Gelders Castles and Countryside Foundation) to help with a part of their Engelander Holt project. The Engelander Holt is an...
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A medieval cradle in Brussels
The cradle of Philip the Handsome, made around 1478.There are not much medieval cradles that have survived. Most of them concern the ornate ceremonial (estate) cradles. One of the surviving late...
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A mysterious hood
Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin, c. 1435-1440. 137.5 x 110.8 cm on panel. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA. A few weeks ago one of the Dutch newspapers commented on a painting by the Flemish medieval...
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Multilingual furniture dictionary: sleeping furniture
A return to the multilingual furniture dictionary. After the previous posts on seating furniture and storage furniture (a few years ago) we now turn our attention to sleeping furniture. We sleep a...
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