Photos tagged 'medieval'

Winning against another trainee...

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:31:03 GMT

Winning against another trainee...

Photo by Gwenlyn

Me, holding a sword for the first time... Well, technically a waster, not a...

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:18:34 GMT

Me, holding a sword for the first time...
Well, technically a waster, not a sword.

Photo by Gwenlyn

The Swordsmaster and the Squire, starting the Freeman Training.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:06:53 GMT

The Swordsmaster and the Squire, starting the Freeman Training.

Photo by Gwenlyn

Village dancing at the Tourney Field As the lady in the foreground plays...

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:52:53 GMT

Village dancing at the Tourney Field
As the lady in the foreground plays dancing tunes on flute and drum, two other ladies lead the dance.

Compare the viewing stand with what it looked like five years earlier.

Photo by Gwenlyn

The candle maker Teaching how to make candles by repeated dipping the wicks...

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:31:48 GMT

The candle maker
Teaching how to make candles by repeated dipping the wicks into molten wax.

Photo by Gwenlyn

The massage/perfumery shop These two very friendly folk gave massages,...

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:20:24 GMT

The massage/perfumery shop
These two very friendly folk gave massages, discussed perfumes and sold them in small vials. They also sold colorful pouches.

In the background you can see the man's bow and arrows, and an illustration of a story he related to us. The story tells of three evil men and how an old man (senex) was sent to trick them by revealing to them that there was money (haec est pecunia) hidden under the tree (arbor). The evil men dug it out and realized it was too much to carry, so one of them went to the village to bring a cart. While he was away the other two devised a plan to kill him so they'd get his share of the gold. Meanwhile, he thought of killing them both, and to do so brought back three bottles of wine, two of which were poisoned. When he returned, the other two killed him and celebrated by drinking the wine, and the land was rid of the three evil men.

(In the far background, you can see the potter's shop.)

Photo by Gwenlyn

As the (pottery) wheel turns

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 03:48:02 GMT

As the (pottery) wheel turns

Photo by Gwenlyn

Nom nom nom... hot food!

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:14:40 GMT

Nom nom nom... hot food!

Photo by Gwenlyn

Master Payne doing his fire-eating act

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:44:37 GMT

Master Payne doing his fire-eating act

Photo by Gwenlyn

Entering Camlann: Festival Times The plastic yellow push pins are somewhat...

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:39:51 GMT

Entering Camlann: Festival Times
The plastic yellow push pins are somewhat anachronistic.

Photo by Gwenlyn

Telling a story...but does it read left column down, then center column down,...

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:02:59 GMT

Telling a story...but does it read left column down, then center column down, then right column down? Or left to right across, then second row, etc?

Photo by drsara