This page will work as a repository of some of the resources that the Laurels of Drachenwald has recommended. Their personal favourites as well as links to interesting and useful sites and books.
On This Page
- Websites
- Books
- Link Collections
- Forums, Discussion Groups, Newsletters etc
- Drachenwald Specific Resources
- Other Kingdoms
- Patterns for Laurel Wreaths
Websites
British Library catalogue of illuminated manuscript collection
Bolognese Swordplay & the Dardi Tradition
Guy Windsor's Swordschool YouTube Channel
Swedish Museum of History's Search page
Drachenwald Online Scriptorium
http://heatherrosejones.com/archaeologicalsewing/ - Images and instructions for period seams and stitches
http://www.heatherrosejones.com/survivinggarments/index.html -Heather Rose Jones database of extant garments
http://www.en.neulakintaat.fi/1 - Instructions and videos on naalbinding
www.elizabethancostume.net, website edited by Drea Leed
Victoria and Albert museum Image archive
Romance of Alexander - Website of scanned images from a manuscript
Poul Høxbro - Early music interpreter
Les haulz et les bas - Early music interpreters
The rackett - Youtube of early instruments presented by David Munrow
http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/, in particular the Historical Archive.
Books
The Tudor Tailor, by Mikhaila & Malcolm-Davies
Textiles and Clothing, by Crowfoot, Pritchard & Staniland
A History of Hand Knitting, by Rutt
Textiler Hausrat. Kleider und Haustextilien in Nürnberg von 1500 bis 1650, by Jutta Zander-Seidel
Ancient Danish Textiles from Bogs and Burials, by Margarethe Hald
The German Single-Leaf Woodcut, 1500-1550, by Max Geisberg
Textile Conservation and Research: A Documentation of the Textile Department on the Occasion of the Twentieth Anniversary of the Abegg Foundation, by Mechthild Flury-Lemberg
Freelance Academy Press - books on Historical Combat
12 Transcribed Italian Treatises & Collections in the Tradition of Domenico Da Piacenza: Choreographic Transcriptions & Concordances by A. William Smith
Orchesographie by Thoinot Arbeau
Tanz, Tod und Teufel, Tanzkultur in der gesellschaftlichen Auseinandersetzung des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts by Irmgard Jungmann
De Pratica Seu Arte Tripudii, ed. Barbara Sparti
Images in the Margins of Gothic Manuscripts, by Lilian M.C. Randall
The Calligrapher’s bible: 100 Alphabets and how to Draw Them by David Harris
Artist's Manual: A Complete Guide to Paintings and Drawing Materials and techniques by Angela Gair
Textiles from Hallstatt by Gromer, Kern, Reschreiter & Rosel-Mautendorfer
Knives and scabbards By Cowgill, Neergaard & Griffiths
Medieval sculpture and works of art by Paul Wiliamson
Stora vävboken by Laila Lundell
Mistress Eva's collection of cookbooks
Pleyn Delit by Constance B. Hieatt, Sharon Butler, Brenda Hosington
Cooking and Dining in Medieval England by Peter Brears
The Högom find and other Migration Period Textiles and Costumes in Scandinavia. By Margareta Nockert (1991). University of Umeå.
Patterns of Fashion: The Cut and Construction of Clothes for Men and Women, C.1560-1620, by Janet Arnold
Patterns of Fashion 4: The Cut and Construction of Linen Shirts, Smocks, Neckwear, Headwear and Accessories for Men and Women C. 1540-1660, by Janet Arnold
Dress Accessories by Egan & Pritchard
Shoes and Pattens by Grew & de Neergard
Fashion in the Age of the Black Prince by Stella Mary Newton
Le costume médiéval de 1320 à 1480 by Florent Vénie
Techniques of Tabletweaving by Peter Collingwood
(new) John Harvey: Mediaeval Gardens
(new) Sylvia Landsberg: The Medieval Garden
Link-collections
Karen Larsdatter's Material Culture Linkpages
Forums, Discussion Groups, Newsletters etc.
Facebook: DW A&S
Facebook: Order of the Panache
Facebook: Dragon Scribes
Facebook: Historic Hand Embroidery
Facebook: Elizabethan Costume
Facebook: Ask the Laurels
Facebook: SCA Library of Alexandria
Facebook: SCA Period Encampment
Facebook: SCA Scribes
Facebook: Age of the Cotehardie
Facebook: Destreza in the SCA
Newsletter: Archaeological Textiles Review
Conference: European Textile Forum
Drachenwald Specific Resources
Kingdom Minister of Arts and Science pages
Kingdom Arts and Science Competition :
Other Kingdoms
Other Kingdoms Laurel sites
- An Tir Culture Wiki listing of Laurels in the Kingdom of An Tir
- The State of the Arts Webpage - a Service of the Ansteorran Laurels
- Atlantian Order of the Laurel
- Avacal Laurels
- Order of the Laurel, Kingdom of Caid
- Order of the Laurel, Kingdom of Gleann Abhann
- The Order of the Laurel, Kingdom of Lochac
- Laurels of Meridies
- Middle Kingdom Order of the Laurel
- Who's Who: Laurels, Kingdom of Northshield
- Laurels - Trimaris Peers
- Order of the Laurel, Kingdom of the West
Other Kingdom's A&S pages
- A&S pages for the Kingdom of AEthelmearc
- Kingdom of An Tir Arts and Sciences Blog
- The Kingdom of Ansteorra Arts and Sciences Webpage
- Artemisia Library - A&S criteria and competition sheets (Filter by Office or search for A&S)
- Atenveldt Ministry of Arts and Sciences
- Atlantian Ministry of Arts and Sciences
- Office of Arts and Science, Kingdom of Caid
- Calontir Arts & Sciences
- Kingdom of Ealdormere - Min. Arts and Sciences
- East Kingdom Arts & Sciences
- Minister of Arts and Sciences - Kingdom of Gleann Abhann
- Arts and Sciences - Kingdom of Lochac
- Meridies Arts and Sciences
- Midrealm - Office of the Minister of Arts and Sciences
- Arts & Sciences - Kingdom of Northshield
- Office of the Minister of Arts and Sciences - Kingdom of the Outlands
- Office of the Arts & Sciences - Kingdom of Trimaris
- West Kingdom Arts and Sciences Minister
Patterns for Laurel wreaths
- DragonBear free cross stitch pattern for Laurel wreath and Pelican.
Page created January 2014.
Latest addition, Feb 29, 2016