SC - MOL mediaeval Household (was:what shall i ask for from friends travelling)

[Anne-Marie Rousseau]

waaaaaaaah!

rub it in, why dont you!!!!! I've had mine on order for months now, and am
assured its coming any day.......

waiting with baited breath :)
- --AM, who didnt get the knivves and scabbards one and is now kicking
herself. Did you know there's a bunch of kitchen type knives in there too???


At 12:56 AM 12/20/98 +1100, you wrote:
>
>Anne-Marie wrote:
>
>
>>Go to the Museum of London and buy every book you can find! :) The MOL
>>series (shoes and pattens, Clothing and Textiles, Dress accessories, and
>>the new one that we havent seen yet but have heard rumors about on
>>household items!!!) is the gold standard among re-enactors, being a catelog
>>of real artifacts and scholarly information
>
>I just HAD to write and tell you that there is truth to this rumor, and I
>hold it in my very hand! BWAH HAA HAA HAA!
>
>"The Medieval Household" 1998; ISBN 0 11 290490 4; hardcover and costs 50 UK
>pounds! I have a friend who lives in London, and returned recently for a few
>weeks holiday, and asked if we wanted him to bring anything back for us. The
>best AUS$150 I ever spent. A great book, and I was the FIRST of anyone I
>knew to have one!
>It is up to the standard of the other MOL books, with details on buildings,
>fixtures and fittings, furnishings (lots of stuff on chests and boxes)
>security equipment, lighting, spinning and weaving  and then 500 pages of
>cookery related stuff! If they had it in London, it's in the book...
>Skimmers, spoons, candlesticks, glassware, cooking pots and chains, bowls,
>plates, jugs, boxes, spoons, etc. etc. etc.
>
>As you've guessed already. I think this book is worth its weight in gold
>(and costs it too, if you factor in postage as well). I now own all this
>series except the Medieval Horse one. I can't justify it, as I'm never going
>to own a horse. We don't currently reenact this period, except to go along
>to other societies events, but are making a whole lot of reproductions from
>these books anyway. Can't stop those addicted reenactors!
>
>Glenda.
>
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