Links to Online Resources
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Museum and Library Image Sites
Bibliotheque Nationale de France
Manuscript Images from the Age of King Charles V
http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/aaccueil.htmBritish Library On-line Gallery
Includes scanned manuscripts
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp
/digitisation1.htmlCodex Manesse on-line
An on-line manuscript from early 1300's Germany
http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/sammlung2/allg
/cpg.xml?docname=cpg848Medieval Image Databases
This page lists websites showing images medieval artwork
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/mdx/medstud
/imagedtbs.htmlMonumental Brass Society
A British Society - has web images of medieval monument brasses
http://www.mbs-brasses.co.uk/welcome.htmVictoria & Albert Museum Image Database
Search page for web images of the V&A collection
http://images.vam.ac.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?_
IXSESSION_=&submit-
button=search&search-form=main/index.html
Other SCA Costume Guilds
An Tir Costumers Guild
http://www.currentmiddleages.org/costumers/Atlantia Costumers Guild
http://stannes.atlantia.sca.org/charter.htmCalontir Fiber and Needle Guild
Mainly fiber arts and embroidery, but incl. costume.
http://calontirfiber.org/Guild of Tailors, Haberdashers, and Mercers
Lochac Costumers Guild
http://www.sca.org.au/tailors/West Kingdom Clothier's Guild
http://wkcg.dracolore.com/
Sources for Fabrics and Findings
SCA Vendors for Costuming Supplies
Barjavel Design
This is a great source for linen and linen blends, silk noil, cast period buttons and other notions. Duchess Simone has graciously donated some of the fabric for Gleann Abhann's first coronation, and for her kindness, we highly encourage the use of her services.
http://www.barjaveldesign.comBoots by Bohemond
Really great period shoes are reasonable prices
http://http://www.nmia.comCalontir Trim
MAster Andrixos' runs probably the largest SCA trim retailer, with large and diverse variety of prefab trims, of many widths, styles and complexities
http://www.calontirtrim.comConstanza's Creations
SCA Based vendor. Excellent source 100% European linen for less! Also offers handmade Historic Clothing, SCA practical clothing, and Accessories at reasonable prices The website is incomplete and under construction, so please contact Constanza via her email listed on the homepage.
http://constanzascreations.comHistoric Enterprises
One of the few decent sources out there for premade garb, plus a nifty source for accessories and sundries that add nice finishing touches to what you've made yourself
http://historicenterprises.comPatterns of Time
Buttons, clasps, jewelry and accessories, plus a variety of period and theatrical patterns, some good, some not so much
http://www.patternsoftime.comPillaged Village
Costuming accessories including buttons, clasps, trims, and popular SCA patterns such as Medieval Miscellanea
http://www.pillagedvillage.comRaymond's Quiet Press
Period Accessories, jewelry, belts, and so on based on archeaological finds
http://www.quietpress.comSewing Central/ Merlion's Tail
SCA based source for linens and silk noil and some other fabrics, plus some popular SCA costume patterns - always at Gulf Wars and Border Raids
http://www.sewingcentral.com
Commercial Vendors for Costuming Supplies
Denver Fabrics
Very good quality Italian and Irish linen, dupioni silks, and other high end textiles. Pricier than average, but very good stuff and the occasional very good sale.
http://www.denverfabrics.comDharma Trading Company
Silks, linen and cotton fabrics, chemical dyes and supplies, fabric paint. Good prices on bulk yardages of undyed or bleached fabrics
http://www.dharmatrading.comFabricstore.com
Good selection of linens, and sometimes wools, variable weights.
http://www.fabrics-store.comGreenberg and Hammer, Inc.
New York costuming supplier: corset and millenry supplies, sewing tools, bulk needles, etc.
http://www.greenberg-hammer.com/store.aspPhoenix Textiles
Great Atlanta based company with quality linens, wools, silks and upholstery at reasonable prices. Good sales
http://www.fabric.comRichard the Thread
Theatrical costuming supplies, including corset making supplies
http://www.richardthethread.comSilk Road
Source for a wide variety of silk and cotton fabrics, often undyed or bleached
http://www.srfabrics.comSpotted Pony Traders
Leather and leatherworking products, including cow, deer, and elkhide for shoe and hat making. Very helpful staff at the other end of the phone.
http://spottedponytraders.com
General
A Festive Attyre: Renaissance & Elizabethan Costuming
Has nice links and galleries - esp. on Florentine costume
http://festiveattyre.comElizabethan Embroidered Buttons
How to make some neat buttons. I've made them. Had a Laurel from another kingdom tell me that they WERE documentable.
http://www.reddawn.net/costume/buttons.htmExtant Clothing of the Middle Ages
A compilation of photos of surviving garments
http://www.virtue.to/articles/extant.htmlFashion Color Database
This site provides descriptions of nifty period colors which primary sources document with names like "gooseturd" and "dead Spaniard" - fun to look at and a useful reference.
http://www.fcdatabase.com/Female Viking Dress
Article from The Vikings- UK re-enactment group
http://www.vikingsonline.org.uk/resources
/articles/dress.htmHouse Wild Rose Homepage
Magistra Rosemounde's web site: articles, photos and more
http://webpages.charter.net/wildrose/Medieval Clothing Pages
How to make hats (and other things)
http://www.virtue.to/articles/Meridies Fighting Tabard Instruction
How to make a fighting tabard for fighting with Meridian forces.Mistress Safia's Middle Eastern Garb Do's and Don'ts
Basic Pointers for Middle Eastern Garb in the SCA
http://willofyre.com/OriginalSite/Clothing
/periodmideastgarb.htmlRoman Clothing
Site by Barbara F. McManus, The College of New Rochelle
http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/clothing.htmlThe Costumers Manifesto
All Things Costuming - lots o' links - all eras + fantasy
http://www.costumes.org/The Elizabethan Costuming Page
Drea Leed's web site - an excellent resource for info and links
http://elizabethancostume.net