ANST - vervelles

[dennis grace]

Greetings, Cosyns,

Lyonel ici.

In response to my query after a source for brass vervelles, Stefan inquires:
>Uh, Sir Lyonel,
>
>What's a *vervelle*? (Sounds like one of them thar French words)

Well, in spite my darling Aquilanne's insistence that a vervelle is any of
the four harmony singers of a Motown group popular in the sixties (Dion and
the Vervelles or somesuch), I can assure you that (1) it is a piece of armor
and that (2) like every armor innovation of any importance whatsoever, the
vervelle is undoubtedly--as you so cleverly surmised--of origine francaise
(elegant enough, in fact, to be Occitan). 

Vervelles are the staple-thingies that attach the leather doohickey
whosiwhasis that allows the camail to hang from the bottom of a bascinet
(let me know if this gets too technical for y'all).  A young gentleman here
in Ansteorra has agreed to make a camail for me, and I want to be sure to
suspend it properly.

If all else fails, I suppose I can use large cotter pins, but I don't think
they look quite right.

lo vostre por vos servir

Sir Lyonel Oliver Grace
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Dennis Grace
University of Texas at Austin
English Department
Recovering Medievalist
amazing at mail.utexas.edu

Micel yfel deth se unwritere.
                           AElfric of York

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