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A collection of Black Books of Hours

Black Hours, ca. 1475 (Morgan Library, New York)

Horae beatae marie secundum usum curie romane, ca. 1458 (Hispanic Society of America)

Black Hours of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, ca. 1466-1476 (Austrian National Library)

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Cavalry charge, 15th century reenactment

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need someone to do this to me

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Barry's Photography, Tiffauges 1371 : Le siège continue.

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monk pregnancy. megnancy

im not qualified to answer that...

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Barry's Photography, Château Gaillard 2019

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pumpkin carving 15th century style

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Source

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Jousting!!!

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Barry's Photography, Tiffauges 1370 : Le siège.

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Some details from the effigy of Sir William Wilcote (1411)

Mostly hoarding these for his livery collar.

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miku but she’s in a medieval manuscript

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Selected pages from the Rothschild Canticles, c. 1300.

The canticles live in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and are fully digitized. :)

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my first step in the shield making process was to investigate what the boss on the shield is made of. Most do not seem to be obviously made of metal so i made a prototype shield boss made of coiled rope sewn together with heavy jute twine and soaked in glue. This is fairly resistant to strikes with various implements but i think if this construction was used it would most likely have a wickerwork frame underneath for extra strength.

after shooting it with my longbow i can confirm that it is very strong. Using a slightly different construction method it might not even be able to be pierced by arrows from a higher poundage bow.

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I'm going to recreate a 15th century bossed heater shield with no starting experience. I'm sure this will not be hard at all.