Archive for January, 2010

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Jan

To Do List – GW

   Posted by: Raynold    in Armour, Dismounted, Horses, IJA, Joust, Melee, SCA

I have this thing about lists, it gets me organized and a bit focused about accomplishing things on them in general.  I have not had one concerning this kind of stuff and it shows.  So, I decided to put one together.  There are three major points looking forward that have things I need to get done during and/or for.  So I am trying to break it down that way and I plan to come back and do check marks or color coding or something when I get things done and make some additional notes of it.  May even do a few blogs of somethings with photos as progress occurs.  Do keep in mind it is my list, for my feeble mind so some of these are like well duh – go do it and it would be done, but sometimes I just got to do things my way.  Anyway, this is the current list I am working from for Gulf Wars – though I will likely increase it as it time goes along for the next few weeks and I think of other things.

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Jan

Illuminated Medieval Pages

   Posted by: Raynold    in Record, There I Was

I got this issue that I have continued to go back and forth on for the past several years.  I am curious about what other folks think on the matter.  Guess I should get to explaining.  A long time ago, when searching for some books on how to do some of it, I found online authentic and verified by apparently somewhat reputable sources illuminated pages from medieval books, usually the most common come from Books of Hours and other prayer types of books, apparently having been really common during times that I am in particular most interested.  They were for sale on eBay and after a little research they can be found in several other places as well.

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