Links to the Knownworld

Roman
College site with links to all costume areas for research
Roman and Greek
College course on the subject of Roman and Greek costume
Roman
line drawing of Roman Costumes

Early Period- 1000 to 1099

Middle Ages- 1100 to 1299

Dawn Pages Costumes
good instructions for simple garb, shirts, skirts pants cloak

Late Middle- 1300 to 1450

Cotehardie and Houpelande Page
10 gore dress

Renaissance- 1451 to 1599

Late Period- 1600 to 1650

Elizabethian Costume
Page great place to start. The largest and best site on our period.The name's misleading, it covers renaissance costume the world over. Info from history to patterns. Links to everywhere, many titles on the main page link to other sites (authenticity mavens need a pinch of salt handy looking at those)

European Cultures

Ancient- Roman, Greek, Byzantine

Basics of Byzantine
Dress Circa 1000 AD; Essential articles of Byzantine dress, easy to construct.

Early Period- Celtic, Irish, Scottish, Icelandic, Norman, Viking

Irish Costume Covers all aspects of Irish costume
Norse A complete look into the world we know as “Viking”, learn what it really meant.
Viking-Norse World This site has it all. Links to musumes, on-line research, costumes, art, what ever you wanted to now abount the Viking-Norse world.

Middle Ages- Norman, Saxon, Spanish/Portugese, Italian, German

Medieval Clothing pages lots of articles on medieval clothes, includes hats and shoes

Late Middle- Burgundian, Tudor

Burgundian Gown
Description of the Burgundian Gown
Lara Eakins's Tudor History
The best general Tudor history site out there. Covers everything you need to know to begin with. The bibiliography has a list of books useful for researching the background to Tudor and Elizabethan England.
Tudor Portraits
Scans of Tudor and Elizabethan portraits and photos of extant clothing. Inspiration for all your costuming projects! Free for personal or educational use.

Renaissance- Italian, German, Late Tudor, Spanish

Late Period- Elizabethian, Cavilear

Elizabethian Costume
Page great place to start. The largest and best site on our period.The name's misleading, it covers renaissance costume the world over. Info from history to patterns. Links to everywhere, many titles on the main page link to other sites (authenticity mavens need a pinch of salt handy looking at those)
Elizabethan Chemise
Easy pattern for a chemise

Non-European Cultures

Mongolian, Japanese, Persian, Arbaric, Inidain, Russian, Salvic

Medieval Russia-Clothing
Extant Mongol Robe
13-14th century Turco-Mongol-Persian Coat
Japanese Booklist
Bibliography "Just Japanese" Books and Resources on Japanese costume, textiles, etc.” Japanese costume
Making Japanese Costumes
Kimono time-line
Time line of Kimono History and parts of Kimono

Textiles and Fiber Arts

Brewing and Vinting

Home and Hearth

Period Foods

Cookbooks
Medieval Book of Cookery a Collection, Vol. I
Islamic Cookbook
This cookbook is from the 13th Century in what was Islamic Spain
More Cookbooks
The Medieval Cooks Resource Page. A site of on-line links to medieval recipes and cook books.
More Cookbooks
On-line medieval Cookbook links, some have been translated and others have not.
PDF-download
This is a PDF file on Medieval Culinary Herbs and Spices
Vegetables
Cooking Medieval Vegetables
Husbandry

Tusser on-line
Thomas Tusser's 500 Points of Good Husbandrie, 1580.
Medieval Husbandry

Domestic Sciences

Medieval Gardens
SCA class on Medieval Gardens
Period Booklist
Resource Book list of Period books

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Armor and Armor making

Armor Pattern Page
Leather Armor
"The Perfect Armor" article by Charles Perry
Aromary Terms
Pictorial Glossary of Armor Terms
Elizabethan Armor

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Calligraphy and Illumination

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Music and Dance

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Heraldry

Heraldic Dictionary
Heraldry Unlimited

Names

Submitting Names and Devices

Forms

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Miscellany

Medieval Beadwork Page
The Documentation, sources, etc, about beadwork

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Yahoogroups in Trimaris

Our Shire's E-mail and information source

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