ANST - Armor Enthusiasts Take Note:

[Gunnora Hallakarva]

This note was posted originally to the Midrealm's Laurel list and thence to the
SCA-Wide Laurel list.  I know we have many armorers and armor afficianados out
there in Ansteorra, and this would be an extremely valuable resource for those who
build armor, and a beautiful way not only to learnaboiut armor and its
construction, but to document it as well (see, you *knew* I'd get documentation in
there somewhere!)

::GUNNORA::

FORWARDED MESSAGE BEGINS:

>Subject: New Wallace Collection Armour Catalogue
>Date:    Sun, 21 Feb 1999 23:10:50 +0000
>From:    mike at srmdel.demon.co.uk (Michael Lacy)
>
>Greetings Fellow Arms and Armour Enthusiast;
>
>For those of you who don't know me, allow me to introduce myself. I am
>Michael Lacy, a recent graduate of Reading University (PhD., History)
>and long time re-enactor (aka. Earl Michael de Lacy, KSCA). I am currently
>working as a volunteer at London's prestigious Wallace Collection on a
>project that I think may be of interest to you, a new edition of the
>Catalogue of the European Weapons and Armour.
>
>The catalogue, edited by Sir James Mann and last printed in 1962, is
>in need of updating, and additional impetus is given to the project by
>the fact that the supply of catalogues in the Wallace Collection's
>storerooms is nearly exhausted. It is the goal of the Curator, David Edge
>(co-author of Arms and Armour of the Medieval Knight) to create a new catalogue
>which will include material from the 1986 supplement, as well as more recent
>discoveries by the conservation staff (including metalographic analysis by
>Dr. Alan Williams). It is also intended for the new catalogue to have
>photographs of _every_ piece in the collection (the current catalogue
>only has photos for a small percentage of the items in the collection) as
>well as new photographs of some of the more important pieces that will take
>into consideration the sorts of views and angles that armourers need and
>want (clean profiles, back views, inside views, overhead angles, etc.).
>
>Work is also currently under way to place the entirety of the catalogue
>on-line. This will be an on-going project, with new entries added as soon
>as they are webbed; the first entries should be on the Wallace Collection
>web-site within the next couple of months, so you can follow the progress
>of the catalogue project on-line.
>
>The only problem is funding; money for such projects is always in short
>supply, and David Edge has found that the museum's publication budget has
>been given over to the 'Fine Arts' people, leaving nothing for arms and
>armour.
>
>I have suggested that funds for the printing of the new catalogue could
>perhaps be raised by appealing to the many re-enactors, armourers,
>collectors and enthusiasts, who would be inclined to purchase the catalogue
>and the following plan is being considered;
>
>A boxed set collector's edition of the catalogue (2 volumes) will be
>produced, strictly limited to 250 numbered copies, and available by
>subscription only. It is planned to have the catalogues available by the
>Summer of 2000, with the subscriptions taken by the end of this year. The
>cost of the limited edition will be 200 pounds sterling (about 330 dollars
>- A high price, but all for a worthy cause). The sale of these collector's
>editions would raise the necessary funding for us to print the new
>catalogues. The collector's edition will include several features that
>will not be included in the regular edition; some of the ideas being mooted
>include;
>
>- superior binding and paper, possibly the inclusion of several colour
>plates.
>
>- the inclusion of a CD-ROM version of the catalogue, which will have
>additional photos, essays, expanded bibliography and possibly some
>quick-time movies of helms and other items from the collection being
>turned through 360 degrees on a turntable.
>
>- a list of subscribers printed in the catalogue.
>
>- invitations to a special reception at the Wallace Collection for the
>launch of the new catalogue, possibly including private gallery tours
>and lectures.
>
>
>The purpose of this message it to 'test the waters' and conduct an
>unofficial poll of arms and armour enthusiasts. If you would be interested
>in supporting this important project by purchasing one or more collector's
>edition Arms and Armour catalogue for 200 pounds, please e-mail me and
>let me know. I will be reporting my findings to David Edge at the end of
>March, and if by then I have received an encouraging number of positive
>responses, I will contact all of those who have sent me e-mails and
>announce the final details of the plan and how orders for the collector's
>edition catalogue may be placed.
>
>+++As the new catalogue project is dependent upon sufficient funds
>being raised through the sale of the collector's edition, it is important
>that this message get passed on to all and sundry who would be interested,
>so please spread the word far and wide.+++
>
>I look foreword to hearing from you on this matter,
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Michael Lacy

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