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| Middle Ages Feudal Life http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/feudal.html Pictures of pewter candle snuffers http://www.vtonly.com/snuffers.htm The Northerner http://www.northerner.com/indexes/historical_wrought_1.html A catalog with pictures of Middle Ages artifacts and crafts The Medieval Shoemaker�s Tools http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/shoe/APP1.HTM Shows tools and other artifacts that were used by shoemakers in the Middle Ages Medieval, Renaissance & European Artifacts & Art http://www.arden.com/theartifact/amiddle8/ This is a catalog that shows reproductions of Middle Ages jewelry�brooches, necklaces, earrings and other adornment. Medieval Farm Tools http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/MEDTfarming.htm Waxed Tablets http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/forms/waxtablet.htm Waxed tablets generally represent a stage of the writing process which has been lost to us. People in the middle ages took notes by writing on these. A wax tablet was a form of writing material which had a continuous existence from antiquity through the middle ages. It was a small frame of wood filled with wax which could be written on with a stylus. Because the writing could be erased and the tablet reused, it was used as a notebook for various writing purposes. History of Candlemaking (and of wax, as used for Waxed Tablets) http://www.littlehousecandles.com/pages/history_of_candlemaking.htm Middle Ages Coins http://metaldetectingtours.com/htm/artifact_coin_finds.htm Illuminations and Text from Medieval Health Handbooks http://www.godecookery.com/tacuin/tacuin.htm Includes illustrations from medical manuals�shows pitchers and other vessels used for holding herbs and medicines. |
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