- http://medieval.webcon.net.au/index.html this is a site maintained by a Lochac broider Jane of Stockton
- http://www.sca.org.au/broiderers/history.htm the Lochac site for the Guild of Broiderers.
- http://needleprayse.webcon.net.au/broidery/index.html Jane’s Gallery
Category Archives: Resources
Costuming Links
General
- http://www.bayrose.org/AandS/handouts/Garb_intro.pdf
- 16th century links http://www.costumes.org/HISTORY/100pages/16thlinks.htm
- http://thecostumersmanifesto.com/index.php?title=Costume_History_Sorted_by_Era Same as above but broken down into various eras.
- http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/COSTUME1_INDEX.HTML This site is useful for people to look through and see the generic styles that various times and cultures had – plate 7 through to 49 are the most relevant for us.
- http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/timelinepages/timeline.htm Great timeline of costuming.
- http://www.directcon.net/wander/main.htm Useful general techniques and some Elizabethan stuff. Also sells patterns.
- http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=10 Kingdom of Atlantia’s A&S links.
- http://web.comhem.se/~u31138198/main.html
- http://www.kostym.cz/Anglicky/II_01_01.htm Extant finds
- http://www.sca.org.au/st_florians/university/library/articles-howtos/heraldry/HeraldicFrocksS.htm Heraldic frocks
- http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/15th/ 15th century Flemish
- http://www.employees.org/~cathy/tallhat.html How to make a tall hat
- http://www.willadsenfamily.org/sca/danr_as/woven-arm-ring/Woven_Wire_Trinochopoly_Arm_Ring.pdf Woven wire technique.
Elizabethan
(The Elizabethan era was a time associated with Queen Elizabeth I‘s reign (1558 -1603))
- http://www.elizabethancostume.net/index.html The definitive webpage. Great resource for beginners and advanced sewers!
German
- http://frazzledfrau.glittersweet.com/ Great guide for web images.
Italian
Florentine
Venetian
- http://webspace.webring.com/people/lo/oonaghsown/index2.html Oonaghs webpage, a Lochac Costumer.
- http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/ the definitive site for 16th century Italian. A lot of Venetian, but plenty of other Italian stuff too!
General Italian
- http://www.marquise.de/en/1400/pics/index.shtml lots of artworks.
- http://home.earthlink.net/~lizjones429/farsetto.html A male Italian costume page.
- http://www.festiveattyre.com/gallery/index.html Jen’s has some good articles and galleries on her page. Check out her dress diaries.
- http://cadieux.mediumaevum.com/florentine.html A good description on how to do breast bindings.
- http://www.abcgallery.com/P/piero/piero.html More artworks.
Middle Eastern
- http://home.earthlink.net/~lilinah/
- http://www.kismeta.com/diGrasse/Costume/The%20Costumes%20Of%20Ottoman%20Women.pdf Ottoman
Burgundian
Digby’s Excellent Small Cakes
Brian makes these biscuits every year for the Flametree Ball.
3 c flour
¾ c sugar
2 ½ c currants
200 g butter
2 ½ tbsp cream
1 egg yolk
¼ t nutmeg
2 t sack (or sherry)
Mix the flour, sugar and currants. Add the butter, cream, egg yolk, nutmeg and sack. Mix well, then put the dough in a dish, place it before a fire, and warm it through. Divide the dough into flat cakes about a hands’ breadth across, and prick each cake full of holes. Bake at 180C for about twenty minutes.
Source: The Closet of the Eminently Learned Sir Kenelme Digby Kt. Opened (1669), redaction from Cariadoc’s Miscellany.
Meat & Rosemary Pies
I (Ælfred) adapted this recipe for the Flametree Ball 2012. The original recipe is for “game pies”, but, for convenience, I used beef and made them in the form of a pasty.
2 sheets shortcrust pastry
400g beef (or other meat)
125 mL red wine
125 mL beef stock
1 large sprig rosemary (about 2 tbsp)
½ tbsp pepper
½ tbsp ginger
pinch cloves
pinch salt
Chop the meat into small pieces, then cook it in the wine and stock. Drain the liquid, then mix the spices into the meat. Put the meat into pasties or pies and bake at 200C for 35 minutes.
Makes eight pasties.
Source: Sabina Welserin (1553), Recipe #66, redaction by Ælfred se leof.
Spinach & Cheese Tarts
Katherne cooked these tarts for the Flametree Ball 2012. The College of St Malachy has used the recipe for numerous previous Flametree Balls and Newcomers Feasts.
150g spinach, chopped
1/2 c parsley, chopped
2 tbsp chervil
1 tsp fennel, ground
5 eggs
150g cheddar cheese, shredded
150g mozarella cheese, shredded
1 nine-inch pie crust (shortcrust pastry)
Bake the pie crust at 200C for ten minutes. Mix the remaining ingredients together and put them into the crust, then bake the pie at 180C for forty minutes. Cut into six equal portions.
Makes one 9-inch pie.
Source: Le Menagier de Paris (1395), redaction from Cariadoc’s Miscellany.
Chicken Pasties Lombard
Alessandra cooked these pasties for the Flametree Ball 2012. These are an old favourite for Flametree Balls and other feasts. We usually make around a quarter of the pasties without bacon, and fold the bacon-free pasties differently to the bacon ones so that people can tell the difference.
2 sheets puff pastry
400g chicken, diced
1 egg, beaten
1 tbsp lemon juice
½ tsp ginger
pinch cinnamon, ground
pinch cloves, ground
pinch cardomom, ground
1 rasher bacon
Cut the pastry sheets into quarters. Mix the egg, lemon juice and spices. Dip the chicken pieces into the egg mixture and distribute them evenly on the pastry quarters. Cut the bacon into eight strips and place one strip on top of each quarter. Fold the quarters into pasties and pinch the edges together. Bake at 200C for 15-20 minutes.
Makes eight pasties.
Source: Medieval Cookbook