The latest linkspage covers water-jousting (or boat-jousting), including descriptions from the 12th-16th centuries, and some images of both variations.

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Aufbruch in die Gotik: Der Magdeburger Dom und die späte Stauferzeit, featuring about 200 works relating to the art, culture, and history of the early 13th century, will be at the Kulturhistorisches Museum Magdeburg through December 6.
This exhibit is part of Aufbruch in die Gotik, commemorating of the 800th anniversary of the laying of the […]

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I recently received a request for a linkspage on caparisons — the decorative coverings one sees on horses in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. So, Gwen, there you go!

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Today I posted a new linkspage that pulls the sweet bags out of the pouches & purses page.

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The latest linkspage on larsdatter.com deals with two different meanings of the word “quintain” — the spinning target used for jousting training and games, and a medieval balance-game.

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Since there’d been some confusion between à plaisance and à outrance of late, I thought I’d share some videos I’d found, which clear up the confusion.

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Mit Fortuna übers Meer: Sachsen und Dänemark – Ehen und Allianzen im Spiegel der Kunst (1548-1709) (With Fortune Over the Sea: Saxony and Denmark, Marriage and Alliance in the Mirror of Art) is at the Dresden Royal Palace through January 4.

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I occasionally go through the searchbox query records for the larsdatter.com to see what people are interested in, and to figure out whether I ought to develop a linkspage based on something that people are coming here and looking for.
This week, someone apparently was looking for
how to make a ladies hat (princess style from movies, […]

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The newest linkspage on larsdatter.com covers the so-called chaperon — styles of wearing one’s

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Two new linkspages in development for larsdatter.com on the linens with brocaded edges that appear in late medieval and Renaissance artwork: one on tablecloths and another on towels & napkins (and extant fragments too).

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