tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89239299812412759992024-03-05T13:27:49.374-08:00AlvíssarasAlvíssarashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07742715555860040737noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923929981241275999.post-40426411322849396432013-11-10T01:56:00.003-08:002013-11-10T02:04:27.998-08:00Carta a Gualdim de Lapela<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
Escrevi esta carta, entre tantas outras, durante o verão na vila medieval de Sundkøbing. Gualdim de Lapela é obviamente um cavaleiro ficticio, assim como - obviamente - o Rei D. Afonso de Thalassa! :)</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Lourẽceanes scprivã a voos gualdĩ de lapella cavall[eir]o capitã[o] da g[ua]rda & frõ</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">teyro das terras do norte saude sabede como antãao m[a]rt[in]z s[e]nhor de castello </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">nuovo me mãdou [e]screvervos esta c[ar]ta no d[i]cto castello hu me ẽcontro p[ar]a saberdes </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">q[ue] elle vos ẽvia muito saaudar p[or] vossa tã[o] grãde bravura na defesom da ponte </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">de lapella cont[ra] os nosso emiguos & o gramde nojo q[ue] nos fazer q[ue]riam & assy haveis </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">ao nojo & a morte poupaado estas gentes & lares e p[or] isso [e]screver vos me mãda q[ue] </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">vos enviados serãao XV besteyros do nosso conto X peõoes & moços de carriagem </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">V arnezes armas assy espaadas como frechas & algũus mantimẽtos q[ue] despen</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">saar podemos. g[ua]ld[im] de lapella cavall[eir]o possã estas nosas ofertas ser de valer-</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">osa contribuiçõ na gueerr cont[ra] os nossos emiguos q[ue] tamto nojo nos q[ue]rem </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">fazeer & a Elrey dõ Afonso de thalassa noso s[e]nhor. o s[e]nhor d[eu]s vos g[ua]rde a</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">saude e a bem vẽturãça. dante no Senhorio de castelo nuovo trimta dias </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">amdados do mes de aguosto lourẽceanes afez</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Atãao mrtz</i> ╬ (selo) <i>P R I V E S</i></span><br />
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Alvíssarashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07742715555860040737noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923929981241275999.post-54968566692881755352013-09-08T12:53:00.002-07:002013-09-08T12:53:40.421-07:00Living in 1403<div style="text-align: justify;">
Long time no see! (well, same old, same old). We've been away from the blog but not from the middle ages. Truth be said, we've never been so much "connected" to the middle ages as we have been this summer. In the past two months we've been living in the village of Sundkøbing (aka <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Middelaldercentret-Nyk%C3%B8bing-Falster/391810524222456?ref=stream">Middelaldercentret Nykøbing Falster</a>). </div>
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Between paintings, lots of scribing, tablet weaving, looms, <i>et caetera et caetera</i>... this have been a wonderful and fulfilled summer. </div>
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I will write more about the experience later, for now just a couple of photos!</div>
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<br />Alvíssarashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07742715555860040737noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923929981241275999.post-2666559457281148132013-07-05T09:25:00.003-07:002013-07-05T09:27:19.240-07:00medieval sketchbook<div style="text-align: justify;">
Long time, no see! Oh well, and this won't be a long post... Just an update on some writings and illustrations I've been doing on my "medieval sketchbook" as I like to call it.</div>
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Soon my wife and I will embark on a great adventure (medieval related) and I hope to post more news and photos soon! </div>
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For those of you who ever wonder what produces an oak gall (essential to fabricate the iron gall ink), here's a photo* of the <i>Biorzhida pallida -</i> the wasp responsible for the process!<br />
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*It was a bit shy, so all I did get to see was its bottom :)Alvíssarashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07742715555860040737noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923929981241275999.post-8801124033576604342013-01-03T07:12:00.000-08:002013-01-03T07:12:24.031-08:00Ianuarius<div style="text-align: justify;">
Antes de mais, desejamos a todos os leitores e visitantes um feliz e próspero ano novo, cheio de projectos e outras coisas boas! :)</div>
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O primeiro desenho do ano: calendário de Janeiro para um "Livro de Horas", uso de Roma (c.1400). Juntamente com a lista de festividades do mês, na decoração que acompanha o texto o mês de Janeiro é normalmente representado com uma pessoa de posses sentada à mesa a comer e a beber. Uma variação, apresentada neste caso, apresenta Janus (Deus romano das entradas, portas, novos inícios) com duas faces opostas a comer e a beber, olhando para o novo ano que começa e ao mesmo tempo para o que terminou.</div>
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<br /><i>First of all, we wish to all our friends a merry and prosperous new year, full of projects and good things :)</i><div>
<i><br />First drawing/illuminure of the year! A calendar page of January for a Book of Hours, use of Rome (ca. 1400).</i><i>Along side the calendar with the month's festivities, January are generally represented by a feast. In this case, a variation of this scene shows a man with two faces representing the god Janus (ancient roman god of gates and doors, beginnings and endings) looking ahead to the new year and back to the old one at the same time.</i><i><br />On the other rondel, the representation of the zodiac sign of Aquarius.</i><br /><div>
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Last illuminure of the year* - The Annunciation, based on an early 15th century Dutch Book of Hours. The "tiles" background is a very common type of background decoration during the 14th century, and it can be found in early 15th century manuscripts, although a more naturalistic type of background started to be more prominent. Personally I prefer the latter style, and this kind of tile painting is a huge time consuming process, but, allas no one can deny it has a more "trully" medieval aspect. :)</div>
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A month without any post! That doesn't mean we have been lazy, but exactly the opposite. Last month we visited the public library of Evora where we had the chance to see in hands a couple of 15th century book of hours and an English manuscript from ca. 1450 which was offered to Afonso V, king of Portugal (1438-1481). To appreciate such pieces of medieval art in our bare hands it's an unique and remarkable experience.</div>
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On another and mostly surprisingly occasion, we saw for the first time a medieval "pocket calendar", a facsimile of the exemplar from Ljubljana Library (Slovenia). It's a rare document, not many medieval calendars have survived, and I couldn't resist myself to try and make one. The original is from 1415.</div>
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The 3rd drawing of this series: Saint George and the dragon! The same style of manuscript decoration as before, this time with text in latin (<i>gothica textura quadrata</i>).</div>
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<li><strike>Drawing (final) - quill pen & ink</strike></li>
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Just a glimpse of a new drawing I'm working on... :)</div>
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Hoje, 14 de Agosto, comemora-se o 627º aniversário da <a href="http://www.fundacao-aljubarrota.pt/?idc=21" target="_blank">Batalha de Aljubarrota</a>.</div>
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Today, August 14 is the 627th anniversary of the <a href="http://www.fundacao-aljubarrota.pt/?idc=21" target="_blank">Battle of Aljubarrota</a>. </div>
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Another quick post to show an illuminure I've just finished, based upon a french Book of Hours (1st quarter of the 15 century). It is one of my favorite styles of manuscript decoration, but it takes lots of time to draw and paint, and a huge amount of patience! </div>
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Meanwhile Ana has started another tablet weaving band (silk brocade), here's a picture of the work in progress.</div>
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We didn't forget the silkworms project, but I need to build a couple of instruments before we can start the experiment! Stay in touch :)</div>Alvíssarashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07742715555860040737noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923929981241275999.post-85995652672263367592012-07-11T07:36:00.000-07:002012-07-11T07:43:04.405-07:00A letter from 1212 and some notes about the portuguese dating system<div style="text-align: justify;">
And now a quick jump to the early 13th century... My last request from a friend was to write a letter from the <i>alcaide</i> (municipal magistrate) of Algoso, a castle in northeast region of Portugal, to be delivered to the Archbishop of Toledo along with the arrival of portuguese troops to aid in the battle of <i>Las Navas de Tolosa</i> (1212), an important turning point in the iberian <i>Reconquista. </i></div>
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Originally there is no proof that such letter had ever been written, but the document will be presented to the archbishop in the arrival of portuguese participants in the event - the 800th anniversary of the <i>Las Navas de Tolosa</i>, by a group of friends who will attend the recreation of the battle in Spain. </div>
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Now, a historical curiosity for our dedicated readers (we know who you are! :D). Until 1422 all documents in Portugal were dated with the Caeser Era, or Hispanic Era. In the beginning of the <i>Pax Romana</i> in Hispania, a new dating system was set and the year 1 of Caeser Era corresponds with 38 B.C. So, until late middle ages, the iberian kingdoms used this system, and Portugal was one of the last converting to the <i>Anno Domini</i> system by a royal decreet of King John I in August 22, 1422 (or, Era MCDLX).</div>
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Below, two original documents, the first from August 12, 1422 (before the royal decreet) in wich can be read in the last line "<i>era de mill & iiii xl anos</i>" (MIIIIXL) = Era of 1460 - and another from September 11, 1422 (after the royal decreet), in which can be read "<i>era da nascença de nosso senhor Jhu Xpo de mill e iiii xxii anos</i>" (MIIIIXXII) - Year of the birth of our lord Jesus Christ of 1422".</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1422, Agosto, 12, Óbidos – O infante D. Duarte esclarece algumas dúvidas colocadas por Vasco Fernandes de Távora e Armand Boutin, respectivamente anadel-mor dos besteiros do conto e escrivão da anadelaria-mor, sobre o recrutamento dos besteiros do conto.<br />
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So, imagine that they hadn't change it... Today would be July 11, 2050! :)Alvíssarashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07742715555860040737noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923929981241275999.post-71251272019967262962012-07-02T09:06:00.001-07:002012-07-02T09:08:35.569-07:00Drawings and embroidery<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i>Just a quick post with two pictures of a drawing I'm currently painting (St. Catherine based on a illuminure from a book of hours of King D. Duarte of Portugal - 15th century) and Ana's embroidery, based on a portuguese fairy tale (The Crow's bride).</i></div>
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Um <i>post </i>rápido com duas fotografias de trabalhos que temos em mãos: um desenho de Stª. Catarina, baseado numa iluminura do Livro de Horas de D. Duarte (Séc. XV) e um bordado da Ana, baseado numa lenda medieval portuguesa - <b>A noiva do Corvo</b></div>
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<i>Havia n'uma terra uma mulher, que
tinha em sua companhia um corvo. Defronte d'ela moravam três raparigas muito
lindas. Como o corvo queria casar, mandou falar á mais velha; respondeu-lhe que
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<i>Tempos depois de já viverem na
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corvo; a vizinha aconselhou-lhe que lhe chamuscasse as penas, porque podia ser
obra de encantamento, e assim se quebraria. Quando á noite se foram os dois
deitar, a rapariga chegou a candeia às penas do corvo; ele acordou logo, dando
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pássaros que vires, chama-os e pede-lhes assim: «Venham, passarinhos, venham
despir-se para vestir el-rei que está nu». De facto os passarinhos começaram a
vir poisar na janela, e cada um deixava cair uma pena com que o corvo se foi cobrindo.
Depois que ficou outra vez emplumado, o corvo bateu as asas, e desapareceu,
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meteu-se a correr o mundo. Tinha os sapatos quase estragados de andar, quando
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lava-o tu. Ao pé da fonte está uma casa, e um velho que a guarda; entra aí,
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<i>A rapariga chegou á fonte, e fez
como o corvo lhe tinha dito; lavou o vestido de penas, e depois entrou na casa
onde estava o velho, fingiu que via vir pelo mar uma linda embarcação; o velho
chegou-se á janela e a rapariga pegou-lhe pelas pernas e deitou-o ao mar.
Depois quebrou todas as gaiolas e os pássaros em liberdade tornaram-se príncipes
que estavam encantados, e entre eles estava o seu marido, que era rei e lhes
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Eram muitos bichos da seda. Muitos. Centenas? Sim, várias centenas, aliás, conseguimos ultrapassar os 4 digitos! Por fim todos ou quase todos decidiram fazer casulo (alguns não conseguiram lá chegar) e a contagem final é de 800 casulos - mais um menos um - que estão agora prontos a aguardar a fase seguinte: a extracção da seda.</div>
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<i>Lots of silk worms. Lots of them. Over one thousand silk worms that we had to feed and take care of until they all made their cocoons. Now we have about 800 silk cocoons waiting for the next stage: the silk extraction.</i></div>
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From 24 to 28 of May we went back in time to 1402, this time not in Portugal but in a place we had long dreamed to visit: the Middelaldercentret in Nykøbing Falster, Denmark. The center is a european reference of quality and rigor in medieval living history, and beeing there is not difficult to understand why. <i>Tak</i> to everyone for welcoming us so well, and we are really looking forward to come back to Sundkøbing soon! :) </div>
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I can't easily find the words to describe the experience, so I hope the <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/105399377861393921051/SundkBing1402#slideshow/5750114959311110834" target="_blank">photos </a>can give an ideia of the wonderfull 4 days living there.</div>
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<i>Finally our silkworms decided to make cocoons. By now we have about 10 finished cocoons and 3 under construction. Here is a photo.</i><br />
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Entre projectos medievais, de século
XXI e o trabalho diário, temos mais coisas para fazer do que conseguimos dar conta,
por isso algumas delas como o projecto do bordado do Figueiral
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Um dos
projectos que não pode esperar é o projecto da seda. Foram-nos
oferecidos bichos da seda... muitos bichos da seda... centenas de
bichos da seda! E estes amiguinhos só querem comer, comer e comer!
Alguns deles já estão bastante grandes e nós mal podemos esperar
para que comecem a fazer casulos, são <u>muitas
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parece que eles estão a gozar connosco. Aposto que eles estão a
pensar “um casulo? HAH! QUERIAS! Eu estou bem aqui a comer folhas.”</div>
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<i><span lang="en-US">Between</span>
medieval and 21<sup>st</sup> century projects and daily jobs, we have
more things to do than we can count, so some of them, like the
embroidery of “Figueiral Figueiredo” it's on stand by.</i></div>
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<i>One of the projects that can't wait
is the silk project.We've been given silkworms... many
silkworms...hundreds of silkworms! And these little fellows just want
to eat and eat and eat! Some of them are really big and we can't wait
for them to start making cocoons. It's too <u>many</u> mouths to feed
but it looks like they are joking with us. Bet they are thinking “a
cocoon?! HAH! YOU WISH! I'm fine eating leaves.”</i></div>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i>Leather is far from being my favorite material to work with, but I need a new purse, so I decided to give it a chance. I'm happy with the result! :)The buckle is temporary, just until I get the opportunity to buy (or make) a proper replica.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i>The design is very common to the 14th and 15th century (seen in many manuscripts, statues, etc).</i></div>Alvíssarashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07742715555860040737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923929981241275999.post-61598120276051003192012-03-27T09:56:00.005-07:002012-03-27T09:59:40.592-07:00Spinning wheel<div style="text-align: center;"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=109786" height="227" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=d618ec1f50&photo_id=4134520204"></param><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=109786"></param><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=109786" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=d618ec1f50&photo_id=4134520204" height="227" width="400"></embed></object><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Um breve vídeo da Ana a fiar na roda medieval. Outono 2009 (<i>tempus fugit</i>!)<br />
/ </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A small video with Ana working on the medieval spinning wheel. Autumn 2009 :) </i></div>Alvíssarashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07742715555860040737noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923929981241275999.post-56645311693772701632012-03-27T02:05:00.000-07:002012-03-27T02:05:15.003-07:00Bandeira IITerminada! 110 besantes, 10 quinas, tudo cosido à mão. A bandeira foi terminada no dia 11.03.2012.<br />
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<i>And it's done! <span class="gphoto-photocaption-caption">110 bezantes & 10 escutcheon<wbr></wbr><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Portugal#Escutcheons_and_bezants" target="_blank">s</a>, all hand-stitc<wbr></wbr>hed.</span></i><br />
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O nosso próximo projecto a longo termo vai ser bordar uma canção medieval portuguesa, a Canção do Figueiral, que conta a história de um cavaleiro que resgata 6 damas que estavam prestes a serem entregues a um rei mouro (mais sobre a lenda completa noutros posts mais adiante).</div>
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Para começar, comprámos linho branco e decidimos tingi-lo de forma natural com uma cor clara. Depois de alguma pesquisa escolhemos experimentar tingir com folhas de amendoeira, e esperamos conseguir um tom verde claro.</div>
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A primeira coisa a fazer foi apanhar as folhas numa amendoeira perto de casa, e deixá-las em água por alguns dias para ficar com a água para tingir.</div>
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A Ana está a preparar os desenhos, e eu estou a treinar alguns pontos para poder ajudar no trabalho! :)</div>
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Nas próximas semanas iremos colocar as outras fases do projecto aqui no blog.</div>
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<b><i>Figueiral Embroidery - Part I</i></b><br />
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<i>Our next long-term textil project will be the embroidery of a portuguese medieval song about a knight who saved 6 maidens that were about to be delivered to a mourish king (more about the legend in which the song is based later).</i></div>
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<i>To start, we bought a cloth of white linen, and decided to dye it with some natural light color. After some research we chose to dye with almond tree leaves, and we hope to get a light shade of green.</i></div>
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<i>So the first steps in this project was to pick up the leaves on a nearby almond tree, and to leave them in water for some days to get the color.</i></div>
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<i>Ana is already doing the drawings, and I'm training the embroidery so I can help with the work! :) </i></div>
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<i>Jorel </i></div>Alvíssarashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07742715555860040737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923929981241275999.post-50926383035353610392012-03-15T10:09:00.002-07:002012-03-19T07:12:15.124-07:00Fingerloop Project<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">De forma a poder mostrar de uma forma fácil e rápida os vários tipos de actividades têxteis que consigo fazer, resolvi organizar um portfólio. É neste que se enquadra o “Fingerloop Project”.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Baseada no livro “Tak V Bowes Departed”, que por sua vez é baseado num manuscrito de século XV, decidi fazer todos os tipos de cordões diferentes referidos no livro. Um total de 41 cordões em fingerloop braiding.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Neste caso, os cordões são para uso pessoal e <u>não</u> para mostra em actividades de recriação histórica e o meu principal interesse é que se distingam os diferentes tipos de entrançados. Tendo isto em mente optei por fazer os cordões com linha de algodão.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Vou tentar mostrar-vos 1 ou 2 cordões regularmente, com algumas observações sobre a minha experiência ao fazê-los.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">___</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i>In order to show the different kind of textile crafts that I can make I decided to organize a portfolio. It's in this that the “Fingerloop Project” is inserted.</i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i>Inspired by the book “Tak V Bowes Departed”, which is based on a 15<sup>th</sup> century manuscript, I decided to make all the different laces shown in it. A total of 41 laces in fingerloop braiding.</i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i>In this particular case, I want these samples for personal use and NOT for reenactment purposes and my main concerne was that the laces would show the different braiding of the strands. With this in mind I chose to make the braids with a cotton thread.</i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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The flag of the kingdom of Portugal between 1185 - 1248 ( (D. Sancho I, D. Afonso II & D. Sancho II)). Made for a friend to use in some upcoming re-enactment events in Spain.Alvíssarashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07742715555860040737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923929981241275999.post-82944750169427535122012-03-06T02:33:00.003-08:002012-03-07T05:57:26.757-08:00Amadis de GaulaDe volta ao <i>scriptorium</i>, desta vez com um projecto mais ambicioso: o manuscripto de um romance de cavalaria medieval ibérico - Amadis de Gaula. <br />
Escrito à pena com algumas iluminuras que ilustram alguns momentos chave do romance (pintadas com pigmentos naturais).<br />
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Mais informações em <a href="http://www.alvissaras.pt.vu/">www.alvissaras.pt.vu </a><br />
Mais imagens no <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/105399377861393921051/Scriptorium#" target="_blank">álbum</a>.<br />
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<i>Back to the scriptorium, this time with a much more ambitious project, the manuscript of the iberian chivalry novel "Amadis de Gaula". Handwritten using a quill pen and natural pigments for painting.</i><br />
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<i>More informations in <a href="http://www.alvissaras.pt.vu/">www.alvissaras.pt.vu </a></i><br />
<i>More pictures on the <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/105399377861393921051/Scriptorium#" target="_blank">álbum</a>.</i><br />
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