[Ansteorra] medieval scissors and shears (was: Duchess found Treasure contest)

[Coblaith Muimnech]

willowdewisp at juno.com wrote:
> Here are the medieval scissors.
> http://users.stlcc.edu/mfuller/NovgorodMetalp.html
> If you look at these they are the same as can be bought today. . .

The site of the Swedish Historical Museum has several other photos of  
medieval shears.  I used a couple of them in my article on the period  
sewing kit I made for Bryn Gwlad's Yule gift exchange last year  
<http://coblaith.net/PeriodPresents/SewingKit/default.html>.  If you  
go to their photo search engine <http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/ 
sok.asp?qtype=bild>, put "sax" into the "Sakord" field, select  
"MEDELATID" from the pull-down menu under "Från", and click "Sök",  
you'll see all of them.

You can widen or narrow the dates of the returns using the  
"Från" ('from') and "Till" ('to') menus.  If you want everything from  
600 to 1600, for instance, pick "vendeltid" under "Från" and  "1500- 
tal" under "Till".



Coblaith Muimnech
Barony of Bryn Gwlad
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