Cogs and Costumes, History Revisited and Revised

mediumaevum:

A Christian and a Muslim playing chess, late 1200s.

dailyreenactor:

journeyers-scrapbook:

I believe these are US Civil War re-enactors.

You are correct.

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inmaledress:

Me in my 14th C armor

Awesome - thanks so much for sending this photo in :D

dailyreenactor:

(via Black bustle by ~lill-sara on deviantART)

mediumaevum:

GROUP OF 22 AVAR OPEN-WORK BRONZE ATTACHMENTS

Belt tips, buckles, bridle pieces, and mountings

5th-6th Century AD

dailyreenactor:

IMG_7317.jpg on Flickr.

mediumaevum:

The Secrets of Medieval Candle Making

If you want to make candles like the craftsmen who practiced medieval candle making, you’ll need beeswax, a length of wool string for a wick, a stick to suspend the wick from, a drop cloth, a knife, a ladle or large spoon, and a cookie sheet.

Work outside if possible, because medieval candle making can make a medieval mess. Cover your work area with a drop cloth and melt the beeswax over a double boiler. Cut the wick to the length of your finished candle plus four inches. Tie the wick to a stick and balance the stick across two chairs or sawhorses so it can hang down into the wax pot.

Place a cookie sheet under the wick to catch wax drips. Using the spoon or ladle, dip the melted beeswax out of the melting pot and pour wax down the sides of the wick. Coat the entire length of the wick with wax. Let the wax cool slightly, and then repeat the process until the candle is the diameter you want.

Manipulate the wax while it’s still warm to create a pleasant tapered shape. Be sure the wax is cool enough so you don’t burn your hands. After you are happy with the shape of your medieval candle, hang your candle by the wick so the wax can harden. Medieval candle making included a bleaching process where the finished candle was hunt out in the sun where it faded naturally.

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inmaledress:

Gladiator 23 by Jeffdalt on Flickr.

scenes-from-my-hood:

this is your (almost) daily roo.

roo says happy valentines day.

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