Historical Anachronicity

Historical reenactment examples, dreams, inspiration, and goals.

[bourtange]

neato: a 13th-century number notation system created by european monks

[thechildofchristmas]

this is…. actuallly really cool? like, this is probably the shortest number notation in existence and yeah, it’s tricky to use and absolute hell for doing math with, but the ability to denote a 4-digit decimal number into a single character is just really cool as an engineer and it probably had a ton of uses back then like denoting quantities or maybe even secret code you can probably draw this on a combination lock to remember the password and people would be none the wiser

[fleurdufeu]

Here is me in my complete-ish garb. (I want to sew a new first layer cyrtel in green linen). It’s the outfit of a 7th century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman.

The trim is tablet woven linen, and linen embroidery based on illumination in the lindesfarne gospels. The belt is tablet woven wool. I hand wove/sewed everything except the shoes which are slippers a friend bought in Morocco.

The necklace is a replica of St. Cuthberts cross, and the other jewelry is also inspired by various archeological finds and was bought over the years from various Etsy shops.

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[sca-nerd]

[carloskaplan-deactivated2020112]

Van Eyck: Retrato de Giovanni Arnolfini e esposa (1434)

[artist-weyden]

Crucifixion, 1445, Rogier Van Der Weyden

Medium: oil,panel

[hungrybookwyrm]

I finished my medieval style kirtle dress!

I didn't have enough wool fabric of one colour so I made it bi-coloured. And though I did my best to maintain a certain degree of historical accuracy, I couldn't help but add pockets ;)

[artist-weyden]

Visitation of Mary, 1445, Rogier Van Der Weyden

Medium: oil,panel

[wingsofhuginn]

Great quality viking clothes, by Valgred

http://valgred.sk/

https://www.facebook.com/valgred-143670462365403

Photo by Carré & Kawaii

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Wings of Huginn

[dark-zeblock]

I found some old art books today called ‘Celtic Art: The methods of Construction by George Bain’ Which, I found interesting. I only have 4 out of the 7, they are very old (From 55 years ago). I thought I would just share some scans from them, some people might find them useful. :)

Edit

And I just noticed there is two images the same. -_-” Sorry about that, I’ll replace it with a different one later… -_-‘

[systlin]

Here, a cheater course on caring for natural fibers!

1. Wool. Treat it like it has the delicate constitution of a Victorian lady and the conviction that baths are evil of a 17th century noble. (If I get in WATER my PORES will OPEN and I will CATCH ILL AND DIE.)

2. Cotton; easygoing. Will shrink a bit if washed and dried hot.

3. Silk; people think it’s like wool and has the constitution of a fashionably dying of consumption Victorian lady, but actually it’s quite tough. Can be washed in an ordinary washer, and either tumbled dry without heat or hung to dry.

4. Linen; it doesn’t give a shit. Beat the hell out of it. Historically was laundered by dousing it in lye and beating the shit out of it with wooden paddles, which only makes it look better. The masochist of the natural fiber world. Beat the fuck out of it linen doesn’t care. Considerably stronger than cotton. Linen sheet sets can last literal decades in more or less pristine shape because of that strength.The most likely natural fiber to own a ball gag.

[medievalgoddess]

Sassy, but relevant! 🤣

[zeta-makes-things]

This is an outfit I intend to remake sometime soon because I know it's definitely far from accurate, but it was fun to make nonetheless! The blue dress was stitched by machine in one night because I had nothing to wear for the con the next day, but hopefully I'll be remaking it in a more historically accurate fashion soon!

[sca-nerd]

@dancing-thru-clouds​ and I got on a bit of tangent about curses that would be appropriate for the SCA when you’re really cheesed off at someone, and it was extremely cathartic.

May there be a plague of moths on your garb, a blight on all of your leather, your metal rust to dust, and your wood dry rot.

May your rattan broom and your tent stakes not hold.

May your waterproofing fail and mold take hold of your canvas.

May all your blows land light and flat.

May your mug break, your bench splinter, and your cloak be forgotten.

May your breeches rip as you enter into Court.

May you spend more time repairing than fighting.

May you forget your blue card.

[sca-nerd]

You do not hide that sort of pettiness in the replies. You share that with the WHOLE class, because everyone is going to want some.

[sca-friends]

May your Letter of Intent be declined, if not lost.

May the center pole of your pavilion break late at night.

May the undeniable urge to use the lavatory strike immediately upon kitting up in armor or upon putting on your court garb.

[achasma]

May by Limbourg brothers for Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry), c. 1412-1416.

[synfy]

I finished the inner part of the viking apron dress I'm making for my first piece of SCA garb!! Also this was my first project using a sewing machine instead of just doing it all by hand. A sewing machine isn't exactly period, yes, but also this dress would have taken me forever without it so I'm ok with that

Also, I checked and yes, I can still kick over my head in this dress.

[medievalgoddess]

♡.♡

[racinetandthecostume]

After researching other paintings from the first half of the 17th century, I decided to make one of these beautiful headpieces.

However the really interesting thing is the metal frame underneath. These were called "oorijzer / Ohreisen" (eariron).

These examples are originals which I used as a template. Looking for suitable material I ended up using a wire from the hardware store (🤭😄) ...

I attached glass beads to the wire. In the end, these are the only visible.

[acrosscenturiesandgenerations]

▪Tapestry: Apollo and the Signs of the Zodiac. Place of origin: Flanders Date: ca. 1560 Medium: Wool, silk and gold thread

[artist-buoninsegna]

Christ and the Samaritan woman (Fragment), 1311, Duccio di Buoninsegna

Medium: wood,tempera

[artist-weyden]

Saints Margaret and Apollonia, 1450, Rogier Van Der Weyden