http://www.medievaldiva.com Chasing Chivalry in the XXIst Century! We welcome the modern wayfarer in search of the Middle Ages as it should have been.... Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:25:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The animation looks intriguing.  If it catches you're fancy, plan to fly across the pond to catch it on the big screen. Unfortunately, they have not announced a US release. The Book of Kells is an illuminated manuscript of the Gospels of the New Testament.  I REALLY hope they don't harry ... http://www.medievaldiva.com/just-fun-stuff/secret-kells-film-trailer Oh, happy dance!  Authenticity aficionados rejoice!  Through dedicated scholars and generous grants, UCLA has created the free "Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts." Step through the doors into the past that these manuscripts open, or use a targeted search to uncover specific subject matter.  Let us know your discoveries! http://www.medievaldiva.com/medieval-renaissance-news/catalogue-digitized-medieval-manuscripts A great tutorial on machine-sewn gores from Morrghan O'Siodhachain's blog, The Fabric of My Life. http://www.medievaldiva.com/garb/gorey-details-machine-sewn-gores Genre Scenes from the Twelve Months at the Tokyo Museum. http://www.medievaldiva.com/garb/muromachi-period-16th-century-garb Fantastic plans for making a dayshade: On mayking of a symple Pavylion fore the ladyes whereby they maye vew thereby the tourney. http://www.medievaldiva.com/how-to/symple-pavylion The Medieval Diva is not the only web-savvy time traveller!  Our dear friend Will just posted his response to Facebook's "25 random things about me" Check him out! http://www.medievaldiva.com/just-fun-stuff/wm-shakespeares-twenty-random-abovt I literally stumbled upon Medieval Garb and Such tonight looking for substance to back a Valentine's idea.  I know I'll be able to use her tips for sewing fur. Can't wait to see what comes next! As to the Valentine's surprise, my husband reads this so you'll have to wait a ... http://www.medievaldiva.com/garb/neat-site Thanks to Mathilde Bourette for her wonderful site!  Costly Thy Habit guides the novice seamstress through the steps of drafting and creating a passably period dress.  Plus, she shares her keen insights on wool ;-) http://www.medievaldiva.com/garb/dressmaking-basics I don't know if the siege engine posted on Ebay ever sold.  But for those of you not willing to fork over big bucks for a broken ballista, here is a high schooler's do-it-yourself graduation project: http://www.medievaldiva.com/just-fun-stuff/build-ballista We're doing some updates at our natural horsemanship training site and our horse boarding and training site.  Digging through old harddrives, I did not find the photos I was looking for, but did find some more pictures of Siege of Glengary in 2007.   The full Gallery can be found at Laughing ... http://www.medievaldiva.com/uncategorized/sca-heavy-fighting-pictures